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Starting point is 00:01:04 in the game store. I'm Zach Hicks. I'm joined today by Andrew Moore, and it would be helpful if I actually put up our display names. So if you guys are watching on YouTube, I just threw it up there. Zach Hicks and Andrew Moore. Andrew's joining in. We're placing Jake because Jake has to be up and early tomorrow.

Starting point is 00:01:18 He's going to be at that Ohio State Pro Day that apparently the whole Carolina Panthers front office is going to be at. Every single person who's ever even stepped foot into the Carolina Panthers front office is going to be at like every single person who's ever even stepped foot into the Carolina Panthers front office is going to be at that pro day. So Jake will be somewhere in the background, but yeah, filling in today is Andrew Moore, the clean shaven on the head, Andrew Moore. Now joining the bald brotherhood next up, you just got to get a bunch of hats like I do, Andrew, and then you'll be good to go. Listen, when I was covering up the, the male pattern baldness that was happening in my life, I was able to stock up on hats. So I've got plenty of hats, but hey,

Starting point is 00:01:53 while we're bald and beautiful, we're going to rock it. Yes, yes, for sure. I got to shave mine again so I can match it here. But yeah, guys, we're going to have a little bit of fun on today's episode. The Colts are, actually today they kind of ruined my idea a little bit, but I'm going to still roll with it fun on today's episode. You know, the Colts are – actually, today they kind of ruined my idea a little bit, but I'm going to still roll with it where I was like, hey, look, the Colts are in a little bit of a lull in their free agency. Let's kind of reassess what they've got going on. Let's look at the guys that they have signed from other teams.

Starting point is 00:02:16 Let's look at the roster itself and see where the holes are and then look at some available free agents we still like. So despite them still signing guys today, we're still going to roll with this guys. And we're going to start with the new free agent signing Isaiah McKenzie, you know, wide receiver from the Buffalo Bills. At best, you know, he's a perfect replacement for Paris Campbell. At worst, he's a better Kiki Cutie there at the end of the roster. So Andrew, letter grade, A, B, C, D, E, F. What do you think about the Isaiah McKenzie signing? I think I'd probably give it a B. I think it's a solid signing. Definitely adds depth to a wide receiver room that really needs it, especially when you're looking at Ashton Doolin as possibly

Starting point is 00:02:55 wide receiver three. And I know we all love Ashton Doolin here, but if Ashton Doolin is your wide receiver three, I think you can do a little bit better. But yeah, I think Isaiah McKinney is a guy that you can put in the slot. He's very quick. He's got burst. I was honestly kind of surprised because we all know how Chris Ballard doesn't typically go for smaller wide receivers. And Isaiah McKinsey is 5'8 on a good day, 170 pounds. But I like it. I do. I think he can do wonders in the slot. I think

Starting point is 00:03:28 Shane Steichen is going to use him on deep routes a little bit more, something that you kind of detailed in your film room on him. But I think, yeah, I think on a good day or at his height, I think he could be a solid replacement for Paris Campbell. Yeah, yeah. A couple more notes to throw in there by Zane McKenzie. Mostly kind of an underneath guy with the Buffalo Bills. He didn't really run too many routes down the field, but when he did those deep crossers and stuff, he was phenomenal with the Bills. He had some really good highlights. I think there was a Patriots game in 2021 where he had like 150 yards receiving. He had some really, really strong games there for the Bills. The unfortunate part is like last year, he was their starting slot. And I think in 66 targets, he had six drops. So like a 10% drop rate, like that's not super consistent. So I'm with you.

Starting point is 00:04:15 I gave it a B, I think get your day one punt returner. Hopefully he's wide receiver four and not your starting slot. But you could do worse at slot. Like we've seen worse before. It's just, I would still like a little bit better there. So I'm with you on that. I have a B, uh, their next guy here, Samson Abukam. And that is how you say his name. I heard him say it now. It's Samson Abukam, Abukam. Okay. We got it now, guys. We got it down pack. Jake will still mess it up, but I promise I will do my best to practice this every day. Samson Aboukam, pass rusher from the San Francisco 49ers. I love this signing personally. Andrew, what do you think about it?

Starting point is 00:04:51 See, I've been going back and forth between Aboukam, Aboukam, just trying to listen and find out how do you actually say this guy's name. But Samson Aboukam, I would give it a solid A-, honestly, A- to B+. I think he is going to really shock some people. And I know a lot of people have seen this on Twitter, and this is kind of what I thought myself when I saw the signing. It reminds you of the Danico Autry signing in that here's a guy that has been – he's been on quality teams throughout his career,

Starting point is 00:05:25 just hasn't had a chance to really shine, or he's on the cusp of really having that breakout. And I could see Ibukun coming in here being a guy that gets, I don't think he's going to be necessarily maybe a double-digit sack guy, but I think he could come in to maybe get eight or nine sacks if he's out in that Leo, that wide nine stance that Gus Bradley likes to put his defensive ends out there. And I think he's going to surprise a lot of people. This is an under-the-radar signing, I should say, that I think a lot of Colts fans are

Starting point is 00:05:58 going to be huge fans of once we get into November and December and we see Samson Aboukham really come on. Yeah, Andrew is stealing my notes here. I have A- as well for this one. I'm a really big fan. I think he just fits much better than Yannick Ngakwe did last year, where Aboukham is the guy who's going to get constant pressure, constantly pinch that edge, and he's also a pretty solid run defender as well. He's not going to be a guy who is going to be your Vaughn Miller

Starting point is 00:06:22 to your Aaron Donald and get 20 sacks, but he can be a guy who gets six, seven, eight sacks and just provides constant pressure off of the edge. So that's exactly what this team needed. Getting to the next guy though, Gardner Minshew. Now this is what we really needed right here is Gardner Minshew. They got them pretty cheap too. Andrew, what do you think about this one? I'm going to go, I'm going to go with B plus on this one. I might be a little bit higher on Gardner Minshew than some people. I know I've seen a lot of people asking, well, why haven't they gone after a certain quarterback over in Baltimore?

Starting point is 00:06:53 But we're not going to get into that today. But I think if you're looking for a guy that is capable of being your bridge quarterback if you need him, or he can also be a quality veteran backup. Gardner Minshew was the perfect fit. I know we've been talking about this guy since Shane Steichen was hired as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. He's been in Shane Steichen's system for two years. He's a great locker room guy. It's hard to find any teammate that has a single bad word to say about Gardner Minshew. And he's very selfless, too. You're not going to get a guy that comes into the quarterback room and says,

Starting point is 00:07:30 well, I don't care who they bring in. I'm going to focus on me. It's not my job to help that person. And that's kind of rare to see from a quarterback who's as young as Gardner Minshew because he's only going into his fifth year. So very mature quarterback I think he knows his his his role with this team and what it can possibly be and he's just here to help his team how he can so I would go solid B plus yeah again stealing my notes I did B plus

Starting point is 00:07:56 as well for Gardner Minshew I think especially when you factor in the price because the going rate for high level backups is around six to seven7 million a year. The Colts get him for one year, 3.5 million. Obviously that can extend up to 5.5 million with the escalators. If he is the starter this season, but yeah, I'm a big fan of Gardner Minshew. I think he does a lot of good things.

Starting point is 00:08:13 I think he's a high level backup and the Colts got him for a very nice price. We're going to rapid fire through these last two guys here. Taven, Brian, they got from the Cleveland Browns defensive tackle. What do you think about Taven, Brian,

Starting point is 00:08:30 Taven, Brian, I'd probably say about a C minus, to be honest. I think he's a solid depth piece, but as far as an impact, he's not going to have too big of an impact. He seems like he's more of a pass rushing defensive tackle than a guy that you'd want defending against the run. Just looking at some of his pro football focus grades a first round, a former first round pick that has kind of bounced around, but, but I think he can, he can provide solid depth. We'll just kind of have to see if he can put it all together. Yeah, I agree. I said C plus for mine, just because I can see that explosiveness being used on stunts and twists and just adding a little bit that way. But as of right now, you have a guy who's defensive tackle not a good run defender and also doesn't really offer too much as a pass rusher outside of that explosiveness i still think this is better depth than curtis brooks was last year or even

Starting point is 00:09:14 maybe eric johnson some other guys that were in here uh but i'm still not a huge huge fan of the signing it's kind of just a minor depth signing so it is what it is now the last one my favorite a kicker matt gay from the los angeles rams the first signing of the offseason andrew what do you think about the kicker signing give me a b plus on this one i mean yeah it's it's got it's it's an expensive contract for a kicker i think he's now the second highest paid kicker in the league but man it's gonna be nice not really having to worry about a kicker going out there like we have the past four years now in Rodrigo Blankenship, Michael Badgley. Chase McLaughlin was pretty good last year, but Matt Gay has been exceptional.

Starting point is 00:09:52 And Chris Ballard, I think, was sick of having to worry about the kicking game. And when you have someone that's one of the best at their position available on the free agent market, he's worth the money. So solid plus for matt gay i'm excited to see the kicking game be a non-worry in indianapolis again yeah now so contractually i have to say this is an f move by the colts because contractually i just isn't supposed to hate kickers but i'm going to reserve judgment i know that we are wrongfully judging this class way too early because that's just what we do we're people who make content so you know we have to judge this stuff early but with a kicker i'm firmly in and see, because I just don't trust kickers.

Starting point is 00:10:28 I, you never know, like you could have the greatest kicker of all time. And then one day they are just the worst thing ever. So I'm going to reserve judgment, you know, do the Reddit remind me thing in four years. And then I'll come back with my actual grade on this signing here. But Matt Gay, look, if he makes me never have to worry about a kicker again, a plus plus, but we'll see. We'll see. Coming up guys, we never have to worry about a kicker again a plus plus but we'll see we'll see uh coming up guys we're going to talk about the holes on this colts depth chart and some really concerning uh you know starters in certain places here uh but first the ncaa tournament is heating up and now is the perfect time to download fan duel america's number one

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Starting point is 00:12:04 I mean, look, if he has number one, I'm cool with it. But, you know, when I read the rest of this depth chart, you guys will understand. So Isaiah Rogers Sr. starting on the outside and then in two corner sets, Kenny Moore II as of right now. We don't know if he's going to be here by the end of the offseason. And then when they go into three corners like the nickel and dime packages, Dallas Flowers is our other outside starting corner. And then the death behind them right now is Tony Brown, who just resigned with the team. Kevin Tolliver, a former undrafted free agent who signed a couple weeks ago. David Vereen and Daryl Baker Jr.

Starting point is 00:12:39 Now, if you can tell me anything about those guys, Andrew, I'm all ears. But this has to be the worst cornerback room. I mean, I guess Isaiah Rogers senior and Kenny Moore, the second are, you know, they're good players. So maybe not the worst in the league, but like depth wise, this has to be the worst depth in the league right now. If one of those guys goes down with a twisted ankle, I mean, it's the Colts are going to give up 50 points. It's not looking good. This is something that the Colts desperately need to address. I see them going out and getting a veteran free agent as well as addressing it in the draft, maybe as early as that number 35 pick. It's a little bit worrisome because when you look at this defense, I feel comfortable with pretty much every single

Starting point is 00:13:26 position group except the cornerback position. And we know how important Stephon Gilmore was to this team a year ago. Now you take him away, possibly still taking Kenny Moore II away. I know he didn't play up to how he did in 2021, but he's still a talented cornerback out there. So it's going to be interesting to see what the Colts do over the coming weeks and coming months to really address that position and get it up to the standard that I know that Gus Bradley wants his defense to play. Yeah, and this last segment, guys, coming up, we're going to talk about potential replacements and free agency. But as of right now, woof they they absolutely just need more bodies there like look if we thought that guys like brandon face on were a struggle out there and look concerning just wait until david vereen takes some snaps out there you know knowing my luck that david vereen is going to become like

Starting point is 00:14:20 this all pro like undrafted find or whatever but yeah I'm just saying like if we thought Brandon Faison was concerning wait until some of these other guys go out there it's it's it's rough waters right there at corner going to the next position of worry and this is a position where you know in the end of season presser Chris Ballard personally took responsibility for not addressing the offensive line properly and not getting more competition not getting more quality competition in to make sure they had the best five guys on the field. And so far this off season, we have no offensive line signings. And right now at right guard, the depth chart is Will Fries, then Danny Pinter behind him

Starting point is 00:14:55 and Arlington Hambright, which amazing name. I mean, perfect offensive line name, but I don't know if he's quality depth that we would say right now and obviously Danny Pinter we don't view as a guard so really it's just Will Fries at right guard and I love me some Will Fries but you gotta at least get some veteran competition here right Andrew oh you have to uh I I think Chris Ballard he would be doing a malpractice to this team if he didn't bring in some veteran competition for Will Fries. And I think we saw Will Fries begin to kind of bring it on towards the end of the year. He certainly improved throughout the year. But if you don't bring in competition, you're basically daring yourself of repeating what happened again last year, where the Colts just assumed Matt Pryor would be a good left

Starting point is 00:15:44 tackle. They assumed Danny Pinter would be good at right guard and it blew up in their face. So there's still plenty of guys out there. You may, it depends on what their market is. You may have to overpay a little bit for some, but if you're bringing in a rookie quarterback, you don't want him running for his life because then how is he really supposed to develop if all he's trying to do is worry about the pressure that's coming into his face you need to do everything you can to make sure this offense is a good environment for a young quarterback to learn earn his stripes and and not kind of throw him into into a hellacious pocket when you have pass rushers coming from every which way so uh i mean it's it i don't

Starting point is 00:16:25 think it's as as bad as the cornerback situation is for the colts just because of the sheer the sheer amount of bodies that they do need at that position uh but i would put right guard as as maybe maybe one b as far as the needs for this team currently yeah i agree and again guys we might be overreacting because they might take osiris Torrance or John Michael Schmitz or Cody Mock or whatever they're at 35 and plug them in at right guard and we'll feel okay about the starter. But, you know, a big part of free agency is bringing in veterans so you don't feel the need to have to take one of those guys at 35. Like if they're the best player available at 35, take them, you know, great, awesome. And then have like even better starting offensive line with good depth behind, but go out and get some free agents. So you don't feel the absolute need to have to draft that, that position high. That's kind of for both, for both those positions, cornerback and wide receiver or quarterback and right guard. And that means trying to segue into my next position here, wide receiver. Yes, they did sign Isaiah McKenzie today, but still the starters right now are Michael Pittman, Jr. Alec Pierce, and I guess Isaiah McKenzie in the slot. next position here wide receiver yes they did sign isaiah mckenzie today but still the starters

Starting point is 00:17:25 right now are michael pitman jr alec pierce and i guess isaiah mckenzie in the slot and then depth you have ashton doolin mike strong christian wilkerson wilkerson malik turner and vincent smith now i will say there's at least a lot of guys here who have some nfl experience so wilkerson played a little bit with the patriots malik turn Turner played a little bit with the Cowboys. Smith a little bit with the Buccaneers. And Strawn, obviously, with the Colts. But you have four locks there in Doolin, McKenzie, Pierce, and Michael Pittman Jr. Outside of that, the rest of the guys are kind of expendable. Maybe if they have a great camp, they can make the team. I feel like feel like you need another like legitimate body in that wide receiver room. I think so too. And I don't think you want to kind of going off of the point you made about right guard. I don't think you want to go into

Starting point is 00:18:13 the draft, uh, kind of hoping that you can get a wide receiver that can contribute right away, especially when you're not going to pick one in the first round, you're picking a quarterback in the first round. There are still some guys out there in the wide receiver market that I think can, can contribute right away. And, and, and even kind of leapfrog, uh, Isaiah McKenzie as, as a starter. And Chris Ballard said it directly at, at the combine that he wanted to add depth at the wide receiver position. That's something that they absolutely needed to do. Well, you brought back Ashton Doolin. That's a great start. You bring in Isaiah McKenzie. That's also a good depth piece, but then you lose Paris Campbell. So

Starting point is 00:18:56 you're kind of still at that point where you would need, I would think, probably two more guys. Could be the combination of a rookie and a free agent is kind of where I'm leaning towards. But you still need help at that position, probably both as a starter and then as some depth. Yep. And coming up, guys, we're going to talk about where we can find some of that help in free agency, even though it is slim pickings. There are still some free agents available for the Indianapolis Colts. But first, you've heard us talk about this mobile game. And if you've never if you've ever thought you'd make a good GM, then you've got to give this game a try. It's not as easy as you might think to create a dynasty.

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Starting point is 00:20:30 Corner is obviously the biggest one here. Again, we like wide receiver and right guard. We're saying they might need like one body each from free agency. Like corner, it feels like they need at least like two more bodies, just veteran bodies, and then still probably go in the draft for another one too like they just need a lot of pieces here at corner now i'm going to let you start because obviously there's one guy i'm going to say if you don't but what are

Starting point is 00:20:55 some guys on the market that you think could fit the colts uh and kind of be bargains at this point yeah so i i honestly think my my my favorite that's currently on the market is Shaquille Griffin. Shaquille Griffin had a little bit of a down in Jacksonville last year. I mean, he was hurt, definitely didn't play up to his standard, and now he's out on the open market. But he's only 27 years old, and he was drafted to Seattle to kind of play in a similar system as what the Colts are running with Gus Bradley. So the Colts could sign him on a one-year prove-it deal if he doesn't have the best market,

Starting point is 00:21:30 or even maybe a two-year deal kind of like they gave Stephon Gilmore. And I think that would be just huge for this team to get somebody in there. A guy's name that's been floated around a lot is Marcus Peters, and I think that's because of what Chris Ballard has done recently in going out and signing Stephon Gilmore, signing Xavier Rhodes, kind of older cornerbacks who are on the tail end of their careers. Not sure if that's going to be the same mold this year because I think the Colts are in a different spot

Starting point is 00:21:59 and they're going a different direction, more building for 2024 and 2025 than just 2023. And then I think this is the guy that you have on your list. And I'm really interested to hear your opinion on if, if a possible re you, if a reunion is possible and that's Rocky sin. Um, I, I'm a huge fan of Rocky scene. I saw him, I mean, you every single year get better and better. And he had his best season with the Colts before they traded him last offseason for unique and gawkway so so realistically do you think a reunion with with the colts and rockey sin is possible so let me address all the guys you mentioned here yeah rockey sin obviously my absolute favorite like he's just a good corner man and it's just the

Starting point is 00:22:42 two things that i keep coming back to that hurt are the colts trade him away for a reason you know they value him as a corner and they love him like chris ballard loves everything he is but at the end of the day chris ballard loves turnovers that's why isaiah rogers senior is getting a lot of run at cornwell we had to push him to get more run last year but that's why he's gotten a lot of run the last couple years because he's a playmaker same with kenny moore uh same with stefan g Gilmore when he came in you know these are playmakers and Rakusin for everything good he does at corner is not a playmaker and that's why they they moved on from that's one of the reasons why they moved on from and then to remember it takes two to tango and maybe

Starting point is 00:23:15 Rakusin definitely has some great connections with this locker room but do you want to come back to a team that just traded you away you know it, it's kind of tough. So I would love it. I love Rakusen. I really, really want him back in Indy, but we'll see. Maybe they come back around and they're able to get him back here. Marcus Peters, I think, is a signing that makes more sense the last couple years. I just don't think with the way we've seen the Colts operate this offseason, you know, giving Abukam, who's like a 27-year-old guy, a multi-year deal. Matt Gay, a multi-year deal. Taven Bryan, a former first-round pick who's like a 27-year-old guy, a multi-year deal. Matt Gay, a multi-year deal.

Starting point is 00:23:46 Taven Bryan, a former first-round pick who's still a bit younger, giving him a contract. You know, they're kind of giving guys who are in their mid- to late-20s contracts and hoping that they hit their potential. I don't think that's a Marcus Peters deal. This is something that Chris Ballard of 2020 or 2021 would do. So I'm with you. I don't think that makes the most sense. Now, Shaquille Griffin, that falls right in there. You know, 27 year old who had some good football back in

Starting point is 00:24:10 early part of his career, goes to the Jaguars, kind of falls off, get him back in that similar system. And then, you know, I heard that his potential market's going to be a one-year deal up to $10 million. I think that's right in the Colts wheelhouse. Like I think that that makes sense money wise for them. You can, you know, you can load it with incentives. So it's probably only like a four or $5 million cap hit in year one. Like I think that makes a ton of sense. We'll see if there are big buyers when it comes to him this off season. I just know two years ago when he hit the market, Indy was really, really interested. They just couldn't get up to that price that he got with the Jaguar. So we see with the declining cornerback market i think that one's a really real possibility and that might be who they're waiting on so great pull i i think that's the most likely one uh let's go to

Starting point is 00:24:54 wide receiver now andrew who do you like at water studio that's still out there and could kind of fit this colts team and you know maybe be the starting slot from day one i think i think the big name out there is is of course, McCole Hardman coming from the Kansas City Chiefs. I mean, he's got blazing speed. And now that we know that Chris Ballard is not allergic to smaller wide receivers, McCole Hardman isn't necessarily small, but he doesn't hit the six foot 200 pound threshold that we've seen Chris Ballard really stay at for most of his tenure in Indianapolis. I think Nicole Hardman could also be one of the more expensive wide receivers still out there.

Starting point is 00:25:30 So that could be something working again. DJ Chark, I think is another interesting name, but Chark, it seems like he plays mostly outside. And I don't know if that would really fall into the Colts plan since they have Pittman and out there unless they want to move Pittman into more of a slot role or possession type receiver role and then you could have DJ Shark on the outside and then it's just kind of intriguing I don't know how it's to happen but Nelson Aguilar I think that he's another guy with some speed he's got inside outside versatility he does kind of struggle with drops, but it doesn't seem like that really scares away the Colts from their wide receivers. But if his market is right, I know he's been taking some visits recently. Nelson Aguilar could also be an interesting fit as a veteran there in that Colts wide receiver room. Yeah, I like it. I agree with all those names. I think they make a lot of sense. But Cole Hardman would be really interesting because, one,

Starting point is 00:26:29 I know Chris Ballard really likes to stick it to the Chiefs. Like it's one of his favorite things to do. And even if it's just like little small ways, he has this like really weird like vendetta thing against it. Not like vendetta, but it's more like, ha-ha, I pulled one over on you, my former employer, and stuff like that. It's never anything super serious. But taking one of their former high picks and making him work out here would be part of that, obviously. He might be a little expensive, but I think that's why he's still

Starting point is 00:26:53 available is because he probably wants more than what his market is dictating. But I could definitely see that as a fit. I like the other names you mentioned there. Richie James is another one I threw out there. I don't think he signed with anybody yet. Had a really productive year with the Giants. And he's a guy where, you know, again, him and Isaiah McKenzie could be really good wide receiver fours and fives while you get a rookie maybe in wide receiver three and just have a really strong rotation between those guys behind Alec Pierce and Michael Pittman Jr. So love all those names there. I mean, hopefully they grab another one, but it might be a draft thing.

Starting point is 00:27:23 It might be where they go draft here. There's a couple names, obviously, to look in the draft there, wide receiver. Going to right guard now, who do you like at right guard for the Colts or just interior offensive line? Because you can kind of move guys around a little bit. Right, and I think the name that a lot of Colts fans have talked about is Dalton Reisner from the Broncos. He's mostly played left guard, I think, correct me if I'm wrong,

Starting point is 00:27:45 but he's obviously the big name out there on the market. And if the Colts are able to sign him, I think you're looking at the starter at right guard. But again, he's not going to come cheap. So it's going to be if they can agree on a number. But a guy that I think that is pretty feasible and someone that probably wouldn't come too expensive is Elijah Wilkinson from the Falcons. He's got plenty of experience playing both guard positions. So if he comes, if you want to get just strictly for competition, he can kind of be that swing guard, if that's even the proper term for it.

Starting point is 00:28:21 But he'll push Will Fries and could even get some starting reps but if not he can back up both positions um and then some other names real quick is is trey turner from the commanders i know that he's not a wow name but he can certainly provide depth and then david edwards david edwards was a starting guard for the rams past couple seasons had some real bad injury luck last year so that's something the colts are going to have to work through but i do think there are still some solid veteran guards out there on the market that the colts could bring in yeah i have heard some buzz with wilkerson so we'll see if indy brings him in and maybe get something there but i've heard they are kind of interested

Starting point is 00:28:57 in him david edwards is an interesting pull because wisconsin we know chris ballard loves himself some wisconsin guys so we could totally see that one there. And one more name I'll throw out there is Connor McGovern. The Jets one, not there's two Connor McGovern's guys. There's two of them. I promise. I promise there are two different Connor McGovern's. One is from the Cowboys and just signed with the Bills. The other one played with the Jets and now he's available. So I promise there is Connor McGovern. That's still a free agent, has center and guard experience. He did a lot of starts. He had a lot of starts there with the Jets.

Starting point is 00:29:28 So those are some names I like there. We'll see, guys, if the Colts make any more signings. You know, it was funny. I was driving home from work today, and I was like, man, I could really use a Colts signing just to get something going. And then I looked at my phone, and when I was at a stoplight, I looked at my phone at a stoplight, and Isaiah McKenzie was signing with the Colts. I was like, okay,

Starting point is 00:29:45 there we go. We got one. And it's an interesting signing too. So we'll see if this continues the next couple of days. I'm sure they'll bring in some special teams guys, some competition guys as well. But that's all we have for today, guys. Make sure you're following at LockedOnColts, at JakeArthurNFL, at ZachHicks2, and at

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Starting point is 00:30:18 Maryland Andrew which ones are you hitting up I'm going to make the trip up north to South Bend Indiana to go watch Notre Dame's Pro Day. See Michael Mayer, Isaiah Foskey work out and some others. It's going to be a fun time. There we go. Make sure you guys are tuning in to HorseshoeHuddle.com

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