Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - Indianapolis Colts Draft DREAMS and DISASTERS; Best-Case Scenarios and Moves to Salvage Heartbreak

Starting point is 00:00:00 We are talking dreams and disasters for the Indianapolis Colts in next week's draft. What are the dream scenarios for their biggest needs and how can they salvage things when disaster strikes? 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. Thanks for tuning in and making us your first listen of the day. This is your daily podcast covering your Indianapolis Colts, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. My name is Jake Arthur of horseshoehuddle.com. I'm your resident credential media member for the site and I am joined by another awesome guest today. It is my guy Jay Robbins

Starting point is 00:00:51 from Stampede Blue and Draft Nerds. Welcome back to the show, brother. Great to be back, Jake. I mean, we're right now into the stretch run of pre-draft content right here. We're almost there. The day is finally here. It's just now we're driving ourselves crazy with various different scenarios. All there is now is to just completely break us from what we're already confident in as new and incorrect information piles in.

Starting point is 00:01:19 It's all just here to ruin our mock drafts and absolutely play with our head. But that's what we're here for today. So today what we're going to do, we're going to look at three big Colts needs tied in linebacker and offensive line. We're going to talk about different dreams slash best case scenarios for the Colts and how they can address those needs. We're also going to talk about the disaster scenarios

Starting point is 00:01:41 and how it kind of all goes wrong and they're not really able to address them in an ideal fashion, but then how they can kind of play disaster cleanup and salvage things after that. So we're going to go ahead and start with tight in here. Obviously, I kind of can't wait until after the draft for us to be able to complain about tight in some more because they didn't really address it or it's it's finished. They got their guy and we don't have to talk about it anymore. I don't think I've ever talked about tight end in any stretch of time as much as I had these last few months, Jay. So obviously, dream scenario number one, Tyler Warren is there

Starting point is 00:02:17 for the picking at number 14. They don't have to trade up to get him their guy who is the every down tight end can do it all plug-and-play right away he's there at 14 what do you think I mean that's the dream scenario that every Colts fan has been doing these online mocks past like several months they have been dreaming of Warren at 14 absolutely I agree 100 percent the unfortunate reality though is sometimes dreams don't come true. Disney lied to us in that regard.

Starting point is 00:02:49 But yeah, hopefully he's there. Like you said, absolutely would be a perfect fit for the Colts as a three down tight end. Give us enough oomph in our run game while also being this giant receiving target and very reliable with some good yards up your catch as well. I would be very interested in having Tyrone Warren on the Colts, but fingers crossed to see if that actually comes true on next week. Yes, obviously the thing that makes that most intriguing is there are some really interesting destinations in between, say that, you know, top six and 14 where the Colts are, you know, the Jets at seven are interesting. Even the Bears, they could either move on from Colcomet or pair Tyler Warren

Starting point is 00:03:33 with Colcomet. You know, the Saints, Dolphins, even the Raiders doing what they did last year. I could still see them doing that and pairing Brock Bowers with Tyler Warren. I mean why not honestly? But yeah, there's just so many interesting things that can happen and this not being the strongest quarterback draft in the world I mean that's gonna force non quarterbacks up the board a little bit So we'll see how that goes. My next one is that they do get Colston Loveland, but not at 14 I'll say they're able to trade back a bit closer to like 20 and that he's there for, for them there.

Starting point is 00:04:08 So not only do they get their stud pass catching tight end who capable blocker. He's not necessarily going to be the total well-rounded prospect that Tyler Warren is, but a capable guy that is going to be a starter, probably from day one for you and you get, I don't know, a third fourth round pick and in exchange for you get to add that. So I think that's another dream scenario when it comes to tight end. Absolutely Loveland. He brings probably the best receiving package that you can have in this draft class. Just he is a

Starting point is 00:04:39 giant catch frame. He had a really underrated yards of the catch profile more so because he just did not have the quarterback play from to just turn and run off the ball just because he's having to make a lot of adjustments to the ball, which kind of limited his yards after catch. But man, huge frame with six foot six, 248 pounds, he could pack on some more muscle and develop into that inline blocker over time. But certainly not as clean of a fit as Warren. But if you still can

Starting point is 00:05:08 trade back and get him that is a dream scenario. We'll see if like they get into like the early 20s and still get him. I know Denver Broncos at 20 would love to have Loveland. So we might have to explore options of even like trading just even less back to still be able to get Loveland. But we'll see. I mean, anything can happen in the draft. Yeah, I mean, some good news and bad news there for Loveland. Good news. I mean, you're going to the NFL and you're going to an NFL passing offense. bad news. I don't know that the quarterback situation is all that better right now. So you have time to maybe perhaps wait for the right quarterback situation a year or

Starting point is 00:05:53 so. But who knows, maybe Daniel Jones or Anthony Richardson lights it up. And good news for the Colts that they would have a tight end that scenario that can play through those kind of woes. But bad news for a loved one, is that the quarterback situation? We don't know if it's a whole lot better or not. So I think what the ultimate good news scenario would be here for the Colts at tight end is to get Mason Taylor at 45.

Starting point is 00:06:21 Because that means for me, Mason Taylor, if you fast forward two, three years, I think we could be looking at someone who is just as impactful, if not more than Tyler Warren and Colston Loveland. So you're getting a somewhat comparable, you know, projection for a few years from now. I understand why Warren and Loveland are higher prospects now. I have them both above him as well. But let's just say that he hits his potential and is this awesome tight end in the NFL a couple years from now. Well, that means with the first round pick, you got a Jihad Campbell, like someone really good, like Jaylen Walker, like someone really good was there available to you,

Starting point is 00:07:02 maybe even traded back a little bit and recouped a pick. So that means you filled your biggest need with a player who could be the best player from the class a few years down the road. And then you also were able to spend your first round pick on someone who hopefully, fingers crossed, was deserving of being that first rounder. Yeah, getting Taylor would be another dream scenario. I agree 100%. He has NFL

Starting point is 00:07:28 Hall of Famer bloodlines twice in his gene for his uncle and his dad, both being Hall of Famer defenders as a pass record and a linebacker amongst Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas. He doesn't live up to the lofty expectations of Hall of Fame bloodline He still it has a lot of upside. It's like he's one of the youngest players in this class. He's still only 20 years old It has a really interesting receiving background as well pretty much the same like Brain as a Loveland just like a little bit shorter, but like he's like six foot five two hundred forty five pounds, so He's got like a lot of power. I think in his blocking comparatively

Starting point is 00:08:15 So he's a very interesting fit for the Colts and I agree You wait and develop him for maybe like a little bit and he could really turn into something special Yeah, that would be an ideal scenario if they don't get Tight end like early on in round one. He is a phenomenal fallback option. But of course, who knows if he's there. Exactly. So let's let's talk about that.

Starting point is 00:08:36 Let's say that however the board shakes out Warren goes ahead of the Colts and they don't they're not convicted to get lovelin or they trade back and they miss out on him and then someone gets Taylor before the Colts are able to get to him. None of those top three are there. Let's say they're not able to get them and then they've got really higher ranked players that they like a lot more by the time you get to Elijah Royo, Terrence Ferguson, those guys and then they don't really settle on a tight end just to get one.

Starting point is 00:09:07 And then here they are on like day three and they don't have that guy. So I think that's the disaster scenario is they're staring their biggest need right in the face and somehow strike out doing it. I mean, they may have to do some maneuvering across the board to make it happen, whether it's trade back in round one to get Taylor or even trade up in round two up into the top 40 or something to get him. But I can see that being the worst case scenario because you might come away with a nice tight end in day three somewhere, but it's not going to be the same plug and play. It's not going to fill the need to the extent that you need it to.

Starting point is 00:09:45 So for that, how I think they could salvage it is there's a few guys on day three, whether it's like Gunner Helm, Mitchell Evans or Spencer or not, Spencer Halls, but the Haws from Georgia Tech on day three. And then God, I don't know after the draft, you see if there's any veterans that might be on the block. You're looking at Michael Mayer for a late round pick, maybe round six, round seven, and then you see if the Bears are willing to part with Cole, connect, or like the Ravens willing to part with Mark Andrews, uh, because Mo Ali Cox,

Starting point is 00:10:14 and then whoever this day three rookie is not going to cut it. Yeah, I agree. 100% worst case scenario. I even saw this worst case scenario play out in this scenario that I did called Epic mocks 25 where we seven rounds 32 teams from like a bunch of different analysts around the NFL and unfortunately, we didn't get like any of those first three tight ends early on and Towards the end. I was like all right maybe we can trade

Starting point is 00:10:45 for someone like a Michael Meyer for a day three pick like maybe it ended up being around six maybe we'd have to change up that compensation a little bit here there but shouldn't be too much considering his limited production in his first two years and him already being the backup behind Brock Bowers of all people but beyond, there are some interesting day three kind of sleeper tight ends. Certainly not the biggest or flashiest names. But you could see some developmental upside with some guys like Arunde Gadsden. Maybe Thomas Fidone out of Nebraska, Jalen Conyers out of Texas Tech, or Dipper you really surprised me with his testing at the combine. I was not expecting him to test that well

Starting point is 00:11:29 He did very well and he had more of a blocking tight end Resume in college. So maybe there is some upside to him. But again Those are guys that worst-case scenario you made it get later on and then Try and see if you can get some trade negotiation with some of these other bets but yeah a Mo Ali Fox Ogletree and day three tight end certainly not a situation Colts fans want to see right right now I mentioned this today I wrote a piece for horseshoe huddle kind of looking at tight ends throughout each each seven rounds

Starting point is 00:12:06 Jackson hauls reminds me a little bit of jacked oil man that that might be my guy So if they come away with him in day three certainly don't they don't want to rely on him right away to be jacked oil obviously But keep him around see how it goes see what he can do for you and maybe he turns out to be something Guys, so here in a moment. We're gonna do this same thing with linebacker. What is the dream scenario? What is the disaster? As a small business owner, your work does not end when the clock hits five. You know that. Your business is always on your mind, which means it's time to hire. You need a partner that works just as hard as you do. And that's where LinkedIn jobs comes in. When you clock out, LinkedIn clocks in.

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Starting point is 00:13:36 So this one, Jay, I don't hear enough people talking about it. And maybe it's because everyone views him as a top 10 lock. But Jalen Walker from Georgia, there's a lot of talk about Jahad Campbell, but it's like, Jaylen Walker is an even highly a higher rated kind of multifaceted linebacker that can give you plenty of juice as a pass rusher as well. I love Jaylen Walker. I don't I you know, for meihad Campbell Jalen Walker doesn't really matter I think Campbell probably does more for the Colts but if Jalen Walker is there 14 for you if you're able to trade back a little bit and get jihad Campbell kind of like we discussed with Colston Loveland with the labrum surgery I certainly think Campbell being available around that 20 ish range is a little more possible. I think Carson Schwestinger in the second round, either there at 45 because he

Starting point is 00:14:30 hasn't gone in the top 40 or you know, the Colts love to trade back to that like 50 ish range if they trade back to there and he is there. Those are three things like that. You could not script a better acquisition for a tight end than in those three scenarios, or not tight in linebacker than those scenarios. Yeah, I agree. Jalen Walker, he'd be an interesting fit with the Colts. I think a lot of people are projecting to be more of an edge rusher than a linebacker.

Starting point is 00:14:58 He's kind of like an inverse of Jihad Campbell and that kind of versatility. Exactly. Yeah. Where Walker just does not offer the same amount of coverage ability as Campbell, but he offers a lot of juice off the edge and has like a lot of really interesting pass rush variety that you can do.

Starting point is 00:15:15 So also the Colts do have a need at edge rusher as well, long-term with only Leatu Latu being the only edge rusher under contract after this season Even if we view Jalen Walker as more an edge than a linebacker. He still would make sense for the Colts But yeah, I would think either one of those two would be great for the Colts to pick up in round one Whether it's at 14 or in the Campbell case a trade back to do that labrum injury which the timeline of his recovery he could come back around like early training camp or he could his availability for even the start of regular season in jeopardy we

Starting point is 00:15:55 just don't have the information about like the timeline of his labrum tear so we just need more updates as they come in but But beyond that, Westinger as well, he had like one really strong year to end his college career. Did not have a lot of playing time before that. But man, he looks like a phenomenal three down linebacker who can be both a will or even a mic. I would be very interested to have his coverage instincts right next to Zaire Franklin. That would be a great fit at 45. Or if we trade back to the 50s, like you were saying. That's what I'm saying. Schwestinger is my guy for the value. That's almost like my top preference. So a disaster scenario,

Starting point is 00:16:36 obviously the Colts Walker, you're not expecting him to be there regardless, but let's say Campbell goes before them at 14 or they trade back a little bit and he's not there anymore. Schwestinger goes before them at 45. Demetrius Knight is another guy who I think makes a lot of sense for the Colts, but I think the NFL likes him quite a bit as well. That's another guy who may not be there at 45 or if they trade back a little bit, may not be there at that point. So for me, that's where there's kind of a drop off. And let's say that they're bored at that point,

Starting point is 00:17:10 as they're going through it, it kind of dictates that there's really only like special teamers and run stuffers left, which please God don't let your competition at linebacker be another like run stuffer, that's not what you need. So then it basically they're just staring at themselves day three. And then I think they're just staring at themselves day three. And then I think you can kind of salvage that

Starting point is 00:17:29 with Jack Kaiser, our guy. I think there's a lot of potential there for him to be a big time special teams ace with them. The Colts are missing, Grant Stewart, they're missing, Trevor Denbow, Kane Medrano, Teddy Buchanan on day three. You could do something like that for the sake of competition, which essentially means Jalen Carlis is gonna be

Starting point is 00:17:51 your starting will, which I'm fine with, as long as there's competition for it. And I think for all intents and purposes, that's what they want. But then there's a couple of free agents out there as well. I don't love the linebacker market right now, but Kaiser White from the Cardinals is an interesting name, as is Isaiah Simmons from from the Giants, from the Cardinals. You know, guys bounced around a little bit, kind of another one of those chess pieces.

Starting point is 00:18:16 But we've heard a lot about Lou Anarumo's defense being multiple and him wanting to kind of put guys in different spots to succeed. So guys like White and Simmons make a lot of sense if the Colts are only really able to come away with mostly special teams types at Linebacker. Yeah, I agree. There's some interesting day three guys, like you mentioned, Teddy Buchanan. He's certainly on my list. Eugenia Sante out of Auburn is a nice and very athletic sleeper. You can see if he can develop his traits into being more small school guy like Sean Dolock. He'd be very interesting out of Buffalo as like another special teams kind of guy who had a lot of production for Buffalo. Maybe he can develop as one of these late round bloomers.

Starting point is 00:19:02 There's a few other ones that you could say like maybe in the mid rounds like as fallback options like Chris Poupal Jr. Smile Monden. Basa, Barrett Carter both of those final three have a lot more like coverage ability that we put the goals would really value right next to Zaire Franklin. There's options, but like you were also saying, for agency, there is some available. It's not the best region market. You could even throw out like Eric Kendrick's. He's been kind of rumored to go to the Cowboys, but it's

Starting point is 00:19:37 been like two weeks since like those rumors like emerge. I mean, at that point, so that might be a post draft signing that they do, but he has amazing coverage ability and it would be a great bet to learn from. You could say maybe Isaiah Simmons, absolutely very versatile, former like a strong safety linebacker hybrid that I think the Colts would be very interested in Luan Aromo kind of deploying. interested in Luan Aromo kind of deploying. Kaiser White, very good run stopper, and kind of like a downhill, reliable tackler. He had a really down year in coverage this past year, but previously every single year of his career gets right around average in coverage.

Starting point is 00:20:15 So maybe you can kind of hope that he regresses back to the mean as he has like some Mike and Will versatility as well. So there's options, but of course, it's salvaging a bad scenario in that regard. So. Yeah, I definitely think linebacker is gonna be a focus for them

Starting point is 00:20:34 because I put this out a couple of days ago, but in the two previous stints during Chris Ballard's tenure that the Colts have switched defensive coordinators, they have gone with at least four linebackers out of the draft and like immediately and undrafted for agency. So I feel like they're going to draft at least one. I mean, it might be on day three. I mean, Chris Ballard is a pretty good track record of finding very

Starting point is 00:20:58 playable linebackers in the draft. Uh, but UDFAs as well, they've had some good ones. They haven't always been able to hang on to them. They've gotten kind of sniped by other teams a couple of times before. But I do think they're gonna come out of this draft with at least one guy and then the UDFA market's probably gonna bring them at least a couple as well,

Starting point is 00:21:15 I would think. Yeah, it certainly is a spot where the Colts seem to have this habit of getting a lot of really competitive guys. You can really push for a spot, but of course sometimes they kind of cut some of them and hope they can retain them more on like the practice squad or certainly it doesn't always work out just because I think teams have caught on

Starting point is 00:21:34 that the Colts have a really good eye for linebackers. So even if they don't make the team, odds are they're gonna land somewhere else. So it's happened before, hopefully we can add some depth just because right now it's really Zaire and a Luby behind him and then Jaylen Carly's as like the top three linebackers. And Carly's he showed flashes, but he dealt with two injuries and he was a rookie last year as a new strong safety to linebacker convert. A question at will and Mike linebacker as well, like for the future,

Starting point is 00:22:09 more so than like the present. Yeah, again, I'm I'm cool with, you know, Carl, it's coming away as the starter. If that's how it works out, but you've got to get more competition in there, even just for the sake of, you know, you got to replace E.J. Speed, you got to replace Grant Stewart. And I mean, how satisfied are you with like Cam McGroen and Liam Anderson and Austin, a jock, a B and like your guys behind the Louie, you know? So there's a lot that the floor of that room,

Starting point is 00:22:36 I think, could definitely get raised a little bit. So coming up, guys, we are going to talk about the offensive line. You know, the Colts need a little bit of offensive tackle and the interior as well. So we're going to talk high end, low end. What is going to happen? All right. The NBA playoffs are almost here and Fandel is giving new customers an incredible way to get in on the action. Right now, when you join Fandel and place your first five dollar bet,

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Starting point is 00:23:48 I'm going to go a little different with the dream scenario because I think the Colts are going to look to do it early, perhaps, like at least by round two or three. I don't know if that's what they want to do right away. Although I certainly think they could come out of the first round with an offensive lineman, but I really think they like day three of this draft. You know, really anywhere from rounds three on. But I'm going to say the dream scenario is that they've got a chunk of guys there like Marcus

Starting point is 00:24:15 Bo, Wyatt Milam, Chase Lunt, Bryce Cable do and Slater all there around round four for them to pick from. We saw last year they went Gonsalves and Tanner Bortolini back to back right there in the middle. I think if they had a nice chunk of players like that as well, again, to provide competition in depth, tackle and in the interior. I really think that is the dream scenario for them. So there's a lot of guys to choose from. This is a kind of a weird draft where the offensive tackles, there's very few like pure offensive tackles. There's a bunch of reasons to move guys inside, whether it's their length or their athleticism,

Starting point is 00:24:58 or just a lot of guys have a ton of versatility and have started in a million different spots throughout college. That's kind of, you know, when guys are playing five, six years nowadays, you kind of have more tape on them to see different spots that they can play. So for me, I think the dream scenario is that they have a bunch of really good players there at the start of day three. What scenarios kind of pop up for you? For me, I'd say like like towards like round three is really where you start to look at dream offensive linemen. I mean certainly you

Starting point is 00:25:30 can make a case for like Donovan Jackson over at 45 if he's there with some guard tackle versatility he'd be very appealing and of course naturally the very high relative athletic score is always going to be appealing for the Colts But beyond that you can certainly talk yourself into some guys who work like these pure guards like Tate Rattlage or Luke Candra Connor Colby out of Iowa has a very fun athletic profile and really good zone tape that I've really enjoyed There's like Jaxon Slater as well. He's a very interesting sleeper.

Starting point is 00:26:08 Then you also have like these very versatile guys like you were saying, Jonas Avanea, Wyatt Milam, Miles Frazier out of LSU, Marcus Mbeau out of Purdue, of course. Certainly guys who can fit multiple spots are gonna be very valuable for the Colts. They've always valued versatility, especially since you have this clear potential starting level hole at right guard where really only Mack

Starting point is 00:26:34 and Kalvis is like your best option right now. And he's only had 44 college snaps at guard and they were all at left guard and he has one pro snap at right guard last year which it was a good snap. That one was left guard too. Oh, were all left guard and he has one pro snap at right guard last year, which it was a good snap that that one with left guard too. I was left because it was for Clinton came out of the game for one play. Then even more my point, it's a small sample size that you don't know if it fully will translate. He certainly has been a swing tackle. So I feel like that lessens the like concern of going from like left to right

Starting point is 00:27:06 Yeah, because of like the differences of like slides and kicks back But still it's certainly a question going forward Uh, and you also do have the question long term about Brayden smith, of course We all saw the article out of indy star that was very revealing about his own personal mental health struggles. And it seems like he's in a much better place right now. But he's also on the last year of his deal. He's going to be 30.

Starting point is 00:27:33 And he's already kind of mulled retirement prior to this. His future is certainly a question going forward. So maybe having competition with Don Kavis as the future right tackle is certainly an avenue that the Colts could explore as well. Yeah for sure. I do think they're pretty apprehensive to move Gonzalez right now just because he's the only reliable swing tackle they have right now. I don't think they really want to put Blake Freelon back there once again. So while I certainly think that they think he could play right guard, I don't think they

Starting point is 00:28:07 would really want to rock the horse too much right now. So the disaster scenario for me is that they kind of envision my dream scenario where they're like, we can bypass this the first couple of days. We'll pick two or three guys on day three. There will be someone there that they like, but they get there to day three and the board just does not add up how they want it to. And then there they are like round six and seven and that's their pick of the litter that they're having to choose from.

Starting point is 00:28:36 And then I trust that they're gonna get offensive limelight because I don't really think they can start the season right now how their depth stacks up. Like I think they need at least a couple more playable guys. And I think they have every intention of doing that. But there's always a group that they seemingly for whatever reason neglect having a little bit too much trust in. And I think the offensive line would be a little ball as you can do that.

Starting point is 00:29:03 But I mean, who knows? But if you do that, I say, Caleb Etienne is a mountain of a person they could get on late day three. Christian Leftenhant as well, Gerard Christian Leftenhant out of Oregon State. Same thing, I think both those guys are like six, seven, six, eight. And when the Colts go for those project bottom of the roster offensive tackles, that's what they're looking for. They're looking for the power forwards and the centers. They've got project bottom of the roster, offensive tackles, that's what they're looking for. They're looking for like the power forwards and the centers.

Starting point is 00:29:28 They've got two guys on the roster right now, Jack Wilson, and then another guy whose name escapes me, but they're like six, nine, six, 10. It makes no, Luke Tanuta, that's it. So they've got some absolute mountains there. And then if they wanna keep doing that, Caleb Etienne and Jirai Christian Lackinhan certainly fit that as well.

Starting point is 00:29:47 Bless Harris and Joshua Carlin are a couple guys who have Carlin is mostly interior versatility, but bless Harris has played tackle and the interior as well. It's a couple guys they have been interested in on in round seven. So if they want to trade back and get like a bunch around six, seven picks, they have guys there that they do like. I would think it would be, they would be who've them so to speak to address offensive line much earlier than round six, seven. But after that,

Starting point is 00:30:16 I think they would have no choice but to go and look at the free agent market. After the draft, you got like Dalton Reisner is out there, Will Hernandez, Max Sharp, Andre Diller, Jackson Barton. But it's like me naming off those names other than like Will Hernandez and Dalton Reisner is all the more reason why they need to address the offensive line pretty quickly throughout the draft, like by no later than the middle rounds, I think. Yeah, I agree. Like some other sleepers that I kind of throw out would maybe be like Nash Jones.

Starting point is 00:30:49 He can be like a swing tackle on a left guard. Uh, Luke Newman, he's been on the left side as like a left tackle or transferred and to a much higher level of play. And last year for a Michigan state, he was left guard and he did very well for them. Like there was a really bad Michigan State Spartans offensive line. They use a real bright spot for them. So he has some potential for some depth. Joe Huber, if you want to go Wisconsin, very versatile.

Starting point is 00:31:18 I know Ballard loves his fellow Badgers. So he would be an option as well. And another vet, like I know you mentioned will Hernandez is a potential starting right guard they could pursue. What about potentially going for a former division rivals right guard? Okay, well there's some options available. So he's age and injury issues, correct? That's his thing at this point. A little bit of age and injury. Like it's okay. He had some like availability concerns here.

Starting point is 00:31:50 There. I don't think he's like actively dealing with something right now. Could be wrong. But he certainly is on the wrong side of 30 as well. So it'd be very much a stopgap kind of signing. You're looking for just a year anyways. You're not signing one after the draft for multiple years. Yeah, very rare. You get these big multiple years at most. It's most of these guys. What sounds like two year deals?

Starting point is 00:32:16 I mean, I would be. Down for one of those good too as well. If you're really looking for a right guard starter and then maybe train a little bit of gun call base as a right guard if you do want to move him at some point but at least it would delay the need potentially if you want to keep in Galvez as your swing tackle and future right tackle and maybe just address it in a later offseason but it's an option it's just not great to have that be your have to default to if the draft doesn't go your way Yeah, so I'm looking at all these and I'm just I'm thinking back over this conversation and

Starting point is 00:32:54 For the love of God, they got to address these three areas like the the alternatives if they don't Are not great because like if you go to the trade market, how many teams are already going to be wanting to trade for 2026 picks? They would have been like, why don't you hit me up over the weekend? So, you know, you're looking at Mark Andrews, Cole Comet, probably not. I mean, Michael Mayer, perhaps, like who knows how much the Raiders are really invested in him anymore. But the veterans, you're just renting these guys for a year for the most part. I mean, that might get you by the veterans, you're just renting these guys for a year for the most part. I mean, that might get you by, but like, you're just kicking the can down the road a little bit

Starting point is 00:33:30 and then just, I don't know. But yeah, so tight end linebacker offensive line, I think that's ironclad defensive line is another one we could have had an entire segment on, but this is not an hour show. We're already going under or over. But is there any other positions where you look at it and you're like they've got to get out the draft with at least one one person here. I certainly think you've touched on it defensive line because there's a big question behind the force Buckner as like the backup three test to rotate in just because you have out of Tommy well out of worry who he's had some flashes to pass rusher,

Starting point is 00:34:06 but certainly as needed to continue to develop as a run blocker and doesn't have quite that power set that you're looking for. Uh, Neville, Galmore they just signed, he's kind of bounced around a little bit, very athletic. So there is some upside, but he's had a lot of issues with like kind of his contact balance and kind of lowering his shoulder pads. So that's been an issue consistently for him. Beyond that, you really also don't even have a single nose tackle that you can really say confidently should back up Rover Stewart for the full season.

Starting point is 00:34:37 So that's also a need. Ed Rusher, another one, like we were mentioning with lots of being the only one after this season certainly a underrated need there I Think you could also talk yourself into a third safety if the Colts really want to rotate three safeties with Luana Romo and Nick cross also on the last year of his deal Hey, there's maybe even a chance that if there's a truly your Fizz deal. There's maybe even a chance that if there's a truly phenomenal cornerback that you see early on that you absolutely fall in love with, you could upgrade from Womack and Jalen Jones opposite of Canterbury's Ward and

Starting point is 00:35:17 just push those guys down to the depth to really cement the cornerback route for the Luan Aramo. Well, that settles that we're going to have to come back for another, another episode on defensive backs, defensive lineman and probably running back as well to be honest with you. But that is it for today guys. Thanks for making us your first listen of the day. Now for your next list and go and check out locked on NFL draft with Damien Parson and Keith Sanchez. Now the season's over. Get the latest draft rankings,

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