Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - Indianapolis Colts in NFL TOP 100: Charvarius Ward, Quenton Nelson Recognized, Who Got SNUBBED?

Episode Date: July 16, 2025

Indianapolis Colts Charvarius Ward and Quenton Nelson landed in the Locked On NFL Top 100, but who got SNUBBED from the list? Become a Locked On Colts insider! Ask your burning questions and get prom...pt answers from someone who's around the team every day! Get special access from the locker room, practice field, and press box! JOIN HERE! Find and follow Locked On Colts on your favorite podcast platforms:🎧 https://lockedonpodcasts.com/podcasts/locked-on-colts/📺YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLdpxJspi1hMh5HL7ExpWOQLocked On NFL League-Wide: Every Team, Fantasy, Draft & More🎧 https://lockedonpodcasts.com/podcasts/locked-on-nfl/ Follow Jake and Zach's written work on HorseshoeHuddle.com, and give them a follow on Twitter @JakeArthurNFL, @ZachHicks2, @LockedOnColts, and @ColtsOn_SI, as well on TikTok and Instagram! Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now, new customers can get ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS when your first FIVE DOLLAR BET WINS! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime.FanDuelRight now, new customers can get $150 in BONUS BETS when your first $5 BET WINS! Download the app or head to FANDUEL.COM to get started.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as non-withdrawable free bets that expire in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)Monarch MoneyTake control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNFL at monarchmoney.com/lockedonnfl for 50% off your first year.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The Locked On NFL Top 100 is here and your Indianapolis Colts landed two players on the list but a couple others, I'm not gonna lie to you, they got snubbed. So 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.
Starting point is 00:00:43 And today's show is brought to you by Fandool. Right now, new customers can get $150 in bonus bets when your first $5 bet wins. What is up every dayers, newcomers, passersby? We welcome you all here. Anyways, regardless of how often you watch the show, this is Jake Arthur. You know me from horseshoehuddle.com. I'm your
Starting point is 00:01:05 resident credentialed media member for the site. And today we are talking about all about the NFL top that locked on NFL top 100 that dropped just this morning at 10 a.m. We're going to talk about the recent history of the Colts in the NFL top 100 out there on NFL.com just to kind of gauge where nationally people see the Colts a little bit. We're talking about who got snubbed, but we're going to talk about these two Colts players that landed on the list. And that is let me pull this graphic up here for you. It is newcomer cornerback Charvarius Ward at number 50 and you know him, you love him. He is probably going to
Starting point is 00:01:52 be a future Hall of Famer left guard, Quentin Nelson at number 56. No relation to his jersey number, of course. So, let's talk about Charvarius Ward first, the highest ranking member on the list. Uh so, of course, he is entering
Starting point is 00:02:06 uh a new era here in Indianapolis. He has been with the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers throughout his career. His career really took off about 2019. He was actually UDFA, a really big success story in the NFL. But you know, I oftentimes find that the Colts are very underrepresented in these type of lists or they're just ranked too low. There's just kind of a general lack of what I feel is recognition or understanding of what the Colts have in some of their players. But even though Charvarius word is coming off of a down season there in San Francisco. It feels like according to our my, you know, me and our fellow
Starting point is 00:02:47 locked on NFL hosts still got a lot of respect out there nationally. So listen, this he is the number four cornerback on the list. And when I read off these names, it's kind of hard to argue about it. So Patrick's routine in the second, of course, is the first corner list, Derek Stingley Jr. and in the second, of course, is the first corner on the list. Derek Stingley Jr. and Saus Gardner, of course, all very well deserving of being in those top three spots. And then of course you got Ward. After him rounding out the rest of the top 100 list, you've got Trent McDuffie from
Starting point is 00:03:18 the Chiefs, Devin Witherspoon from the Seahawks, Christian Gonzalez from the Patriots, J.C. Horne from the Panthers, Christian Benford from the Bills, Denzel Ward from the Seahawks, Christian Gonzalez from the Patriots, JC Horn from the Panthers, Christian Benford from the Bills, Denzel Ward from the Browns, and Tariq Wolin also from the Seahawks. I do not hate this one bit. So Zach and I have talked about this a little bit before. Cornerback is one of those positions that's so volatile. Like you've got a handful of guys, usually like three or four in the NFL who are always gonna be around that top five, that top 10.
Starting point is 00:03:50 But it seems like every year there's two or three or four guys that come in and establish themselves as big time players and they'll have a down year. It's just a position that kind of lacks consistency. So when you've got a guy like Ward or, you know, Patrick Surtan, Stingley, these guys that have strung together success for a long time, then it really kind of sets them apart.
Starting point is 00:04:14 Now, obviously when I'm looking at this, I think of a guy like Jalen Ramsey, and I'm like, where's Jalen Ramsey? That of course, I'm very curious as to, as to how he did not land in this list, but you know what? It's, I would say it's not land in this list, but you know what? It's I would say it's a young man's game, but you know Ward is getting up there. He's about 30 as well But still nonetheless a very productive player. So this is a guy with vast postseason
Starting point is 00:04:37 Experience he has won a Super Bowl. He's been in another one He is I think he's been in the postseason Every year of his career, except for one, if I'm not mistaken. He's been a second team all pro and a pro bowler. He is a guy who it's very easy to see why the Colts wanted to prioritize him and free agency and why they gave him $60 million. So he is one of those big, long, fast, aggressive corners that is going to be physical, but not to the point where it's going to get him constantly in trouble with the with the officials.
Starting point is 00:05:12 And he is also a guy who this is one of my favorite things about corners is very aggressive against the ball when it's an air. Since 2019, when he became a full time starter, Ward has the sixth most past breakups in the entire NFL with 67. And again, that includes last year when he had a down year. Of course, he had a personal tragedy and his family that he has been open about discussing totally took him away mentally from just about everything.
Starting point is 00:05:42 It's why he left San Francisco in free agency. Him and his family wanted a fresh start somewhere else. And now he feels rededicated. Without forgetting what happened in the past, he wants to kind of regroup and get a fresh start. And he's acknowledged that last year just, he was not there mentally. He was not himself and he really did not have a lot of joy
Starting point is 00:06:06 but now he is finding that again and Hopefully, you know for him first and foremost him and his family gets some peace and they can continue building back But you know for the Colts they mutually reward each other with the bounce back season for again a guy who was an all-pro So again sustained success here His his biggest peak really so far is about the early and a guy who was an all pro. So again, sustained success here. His biggest peak really so far is about the early 2020s. Back in 2022, he was pro football focus, his number four ranked cornerback in the NFL.
Starting point is 00:06:36 And then 2023, when he got that second team all pro, he was number five. So a guy in the Colts who should hopefully fit in seamlessly. Again, this is a guy we had circled from the beginning as someone who you really needed to try and go out and get. I loved the postseason pedigree, but also the player again, big, long, fast, athletic, aggressive. This is a defense that's trying to turn over a new leaf and term just in terms of its whole mentality. You know, get get expectations and the entitlement out of there and get guys who are going to fight tooth and nail every single play and keep everybody else around them held to a high standard.
Starting point is 00:07:18 And that is what a guy like Charvarius would bring. So I'd love to see him in our locked on NFL Top 100 here. Very curious to see if he still stays in the NFL Top 100 when the nfl.com list comes out. That is just, they're stringing that along a couple of players at a time, I think throughout August. It's already started now, but yeah, it's gonna be going for a while, but not ours.
Starting point is 00:07:44 We listed the whole thing today. So Traveris Ward, here in a moment, we're gonna talk about Quentin Nelson, a guy who is no stranger to this list. He's no stranger to best of NFL lists and a guy who we talked about is probably gonna wind up in the Indianapolis Colts Mount Rushmore one day after he hangs him up. So we will talk about Quentin Nelson here in just a moment. Summer sports are in full swing. We're going to flush the NBA season back behind us since it did not go our way of course, Pacers fans. And whether you're all about baseball now under the lights,
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Starting point is 00:08:55 If your first bet wins, just open the Fandool app today and visit Fandool.com to get started. All right, so let's bring up our beautiful graphic here again. Again, we are recapping the launch of the Lockdown NFL Top 100 that dropped today, cornerback, Travarius Warden at number 50 and left guard, Quentin Nelson in at number 56. So let's talk about Quentin a little bit.
Starting point is 00:09:23 Just a guy who as a guard was taken by the Colts at number six overall. This was a big kind of a leap of faith by Chris Ballard in just his second draft with the Colts. So the Colts initially were sitting there at number three. Remember they traded back with the Jets. The Jets took Sam Darnold. The Colts had other options there. You know they could have got Bradley Chubb.
Starting point is 00:09:44 They could have got Denzel Ward, but they said, nope, we're going to take the guy who we feel is the absolute best player available. We don't care if it's an interior offensive lineman, what is considered not really a premium position. And by all accounts, Quentin Nelson has exceeded the hype that was around him. With his first two or so years in the league, he was an offensive lineman that was getting highlight tapes made of him and shared all over social media. He was just, you just don't see that
Starting point is 00:10:13 from guys not named like Lane Johnson or Trent Williams essentially. And Quentin Nelson answered the call and was immediately considered the next best guarding NFL after Zach Martin. Uh, so the guy answered the call. Uh, he is our number four interior offensive lineman on this list and the number three guard, uh, he is behind Creed Humphrey, Chris Lindstrom and Joe Tooney. Uh, I don't really hate that.
Starting point is 00:10:40 Uh, Creed Humphrey, I think has done a really good job establishing himself as the best center in the league by now. Chris Lindstrom there with the Falcons, another really good player, a guy I loved coming out of Boston College, has been a great guard there for the Falcons. And Joe Tooney was with the Chiefs, had kind of a heroic arc for them going from guard over to left tackle when they suffered some injuries. Did not go super well for him in the Super Bowl. But they were kind of flying too close to the sun there and he was their best option to tackle and their luck kind of eventually ran out.
Starting point is 00:11:17 He did get traded to the Bears this off season to kind of reclaim his spot at guard to protect Caleb Williams and hopefully get Caleb's career off to an even better trajectory than it was starting last year as a rookie. So I don't hate that. I think you probably could have moved Quinton up a little bit. I certainly feel like he's probably top 50 player in the NFL. But coming in number 56, coming in at a top five interior offensive lineman, I don't really hate it. We've seen more egregious examples of Colts players being disregarded before. Other interior lineman that he is in front of on this list, Quinn Miners of the Broncos and Elton Jenkins of the Packers. So I think it's pretty appropriate.
Starting point is 00:12:00 You know, if Zach Martin had not retired, he might be in there above Nelson as well. Just because again, the guy sustained such a high level play for so long. But let's get back to Quentin here. Pro Bowl every single year of his career, seven Pro Bowls, five All Pros, including three with the first team. Now, while his Pro Bowls have not dipped, his All Pro recognition has started to dip over the last few years. So I mentioned that his career started out like insane. If you're just to kind of try and put it in perspective, let's say Pro Football Focus numbers here.
Starting point is 00:12:36 So as a rookie, he's the number five guard in the NFL. Second year was number two, and then number four. And then he started to have some issues, some injuries, foot, back, like he started to get some things that followed him around for a little while. He then dropped to the 24th guard and then he started to kind of ascend a little bit.
Starting point is 00:12:56 He had that really, I think it was 18, 19, 20. So 2021, oddly enough, when Jonathan Taylor went insane that one season was when PFF thinks Clinton really kind of took a dip, which is true. It was about that 2021-2022 season. 2022 was ugly because Nelson and Ryan Kelly, it felt like they kind of had to babysit what was an insanely bad offensive line and they kind of suffered as a result. But after that Nelson started really boost himself back up. 20, 23, 2022 was number 18, the following season 13 and then 2024 the most recent season he was back at the number five guard in the NFL.
Starting point is 00:13:40 And while he may not be that spring chicken who's just flattening guys left and right and dominating and putting up the highlight worthy plays every single week, uh, he is as smart as ever. Uh, he is a guy who is kind of a coach on the field, really an extension of Tony Spirano Jr. Um, he's not going to get out smarted. Uh, he is still powerful player, still agile. If you see Zach on Twitter or our guy Colts film room on Twitter, you could still see them pulling clips of Quentin getting out to the outside and lead blocking for Jonathan Taylor and getting 20, 30, 40 yards downfield
Starting point is 00:14:22 like the guy still got it. So injuries may have taken a toll a little bit there in the middle of his early career, but the guy is still among the best guards in the NFL, certainly a top 100 player. If you look at, I know his run blocking has never been an issue. It's occasionally when you see a little light of Quinn, it's usually going to be in past protection. But in five of his seven seasons, he has allowed two or fewer sacks has never allowed more than five in a season. And in that other season we're talking about was like three.
Starting point is 00:14:57 So he's never allowed more than five in a season and more often than not, he's really only allowing like one or two. Maybe he's had a couple at least one or two seasons where he hasn't allowed one at all. So the guy is still as good as a veteran of his age can be. Of course, he's been the NFL for seven years now. So your body is going to take some hits and you're not going to be the same guy you were when you were 21, 22 years old. But Quentin Nelson still playing out of his mind as long as the guy stays healthy. I mean, he's got he's got good players next to him and Bernard Ryman and Tanner Bordellini.
Starting point is 00:15:36 We're to see how it goes with Bordellini, obviously. But I think when it comes to an older guy like Quentin now at this point in his career, he's kind of the OG of the line. Having some young energy like Tanner Bordellini next to him can really kind of help bring the best out. He's not competing for a spot on the line by any means, like he's Quentin Nelson, but having a guy right next to him who is young and spry and super athletic and his hair's on fire and Tanner Bordellini,
Starting point is 00:16:10 those offensive linemen, they feed off of that kind of energy. So I certainly am still bullish on Quinton going into the season. I think 56 is a perfectly fine ranking. Again, I wouldn't really go much below that. I certainly think there's even room to go above it, you know, about 50 top, you know, narrowly inside the top 50 or so just just to keep it fair. I'm not going to be too home rush here. So kind of got a little bit of a more supersized next segment here. We're going to talk about what is the Colts recent history with the NFL top 100 again for lockdown NFL. This is our inaugural edition of it.
Starting point is 00:16:43 You know, we figured we've got we've got beat people all over the league. Why aren't we doing this ourselves? So this is our first year doing it. But you know, the, the standard before this was, uh, the NFL network, top 100 voted on by the players. So we'll give you the, uh, the most recent, you know, last five years history of that, uh, and where this year's list, at least to lockdown NFL's that stacks up, which Colts were snubbed from this year's list
Starting point is 00:17:11 and then who I think should be on kind of the watch list for 2026. We'll go ahead and talk about that in just a moment. All right, y'all. So let's go over this again. Last chance for this graphic here. Again, Charvarius Ward, newcomer to the Colts comes in at number 50. Quentin Nelson comes in at number 56. Two Colts representatives on the Lockdown NFL Top 100. So let's just go, we're going to go over the last five years, just kind of give you a general gauge of where Colts players have ranked, uh,
Starting point is 00:17:44 in the Top 100 list, the NFL Network version. Um, five years just kind of give you a general gauge of where Colts players have ranked in the top 100 list, the NFL Network version. So last year, it was not a great time for the Colts. Zaire Franklin was their only player and he came in at number 100. So Zaire Franklin, who productive player, but easily not even the Colts best player was the only one on the list and came in at number 100. So that I didn't feel was great to see. It felt like what are they watching out there? Twenty twenty three, only one player again. It was DeForest Buckner at number 71.
Starting point is 00:18:18 Twenty twenty two was a loaded list. Again, this was on the heels of the Colts 2021 season with Carson wins when they really should have made the playoffs and they had a really good squad. But the quarterback position just was not what it needed to be. So they had DeForest Buckner number 27. We're talking 2022. Jonathan Taylor on the heels of that huge season was in at number five, Shaquille Leonard, number 18, Quentin Nelson number 28, DeForest Buckner number 66 and Kenny Moore number 82.
Starting point is 00:18:50 Love that list, very well represented. The following year, 2021, this was after they made the playoffs with Philip Rivers from 2020. You had DeForest Buckner number 27, Quentin Nelson number 33, Shaquille Leonard number 37, Ryan Kelly number 69. 2020 was another huge list. Quentin Nelson came in at number 29, Shaquille Leonard number 50, DeForest Buckner number 56.
Starting point is 00:19:14 So let's talk about players who were snubbed from this year's list. So to go over it again, Travarious Ward and Quentin Nelson, I think are comfortably two of the Colts best players. You could even probably say they are their two best players, but when you look beyond that, the Colts next best players, I do think stack up against some of the best in the NFL. And so for me, I look at it and I say, where is Jonathan Taylor? Jonathan Taylor just finished fourth in the NFL and rushing despite missing three
Starting point is 00:19:49 games. And he without a shadow of a doubt would have been third in the NFL and rushing if he had missed just two games. He did not finish very far behind in yardage behind Bijon Robinson. So the other running backs that did make the list instead of Taylor, Saquon Barkley, Derek Henry, B. John Robinson, Jameer Gibbs, Christian McCaffrey, and Alvin Kamara. So across the NFL landscape, you are starting to see people rank Taylor rather than in the top five. He's starting to come in around six to 10, which I think injuries
Starting point is 00:20:23 are one reason why people are kind of feeling that way. But again, the last we saw Jonathan Taylor, he was fourth in the NFL and rushing and week 18, the final game we saw him, he had 180 yards from scrimmage. So I mean, maybe he doesn't look like he did in 2021, but the guy is as productive as he has ever been. Obviously, Saquon Barkley, Derek Henry, B. John Robinson deserve to be on the list. Christian McCaffrey has been super banged up, so he should be on the list, but I mean, where do you put him?
Starting point is 00:20:57 Jameer Gibbs, very productive player. It's hard to say he's not one of the top 100 in the NFL. Alvin Kamara though, come on, what are we doing here? I don't think Alvin Kamara is still a better player than Jonathan Taylor at this point. I know he catches a lot of balls, but this isn't fantasy. Jonathan Taylor should be in this list, I think, ahead of Alvin Kamara. Next up, DeForest Buckner. I read off the last five years worth of players for the Colts in the NFL top 100, and he's been in it pretty much every year except for last year. This is a guy who plays through a ton of awful injuries,
Starting point is 00:21:32 like things you find out after the season. You're like, how did you play with that at all? And he is very, very productive. Now he did have that stint on IR after he had that high ankle sprain against the Packers. So that may come into play here. He didn't have the huge gaudy stats. But earlier in the off season, I was looking at his season kind of at a glance and I took what he did produce and I put it in a per game average and I extrapolated it over 17 game season. DeForest Buckner had arguably his second best season of his career last year,
Starting point is 00:22:10 in terms of productivity, tackles, tackles for loss, sacks. Like the guy was all over the place. You know, he came back from a high ankle sprain that caused him to have to be helped off the field and go on IR and then go try and seek alternative treatments outside of the continental US. And the guy still came back and played out of his mind. Now, with that said, the defensive tackle position in the NFL, it's becoming very, very rich, I would say. Guys who did make the top 100 list, Chris Jones from the chiefs, obviously Dexter Lawrence from the giants. Of course, Jalen Carter, cam Hayward.
Starting point is 00:22:49 Um, I'm considering cam Hayward, a D tackle here cause he's an interior lineman technically, uh, Jeffrey Simmons, Quentin Williams, Leonard Williams, Derek Brown, a lot of good names in the list, but I've got to say, I think he should be in there. I think he is about on equal footing with like a Jeffrey Simmons and Cameron Hayward is still very, very good because he's a very older, much older player at this point in his career. Um, I think he's on a level playing field with, you know, a Quinnen Williams,
Starting point is 00:23:18 I think better than Leonard Williams. Derek Brown probably could have been a little higher as well. Uh, so the forest buckler for my money, you got to get him in there. The guy is still playing out of his mind through injuries. He has not shown any signs of slowing down and he's a player that can truly dominate games and we've seen it time and time again throughout his career. So I don't know that I think he is one of the guys in the NFL that is criminally underrated.
Starting point is 00:23:46 But again, he just plays at a loaded position in the NFL. And that's why he doesn't make more Pro Bowls or all pros, which I hope when all is said and done and after he retires doesn't affect his legacy very much. Because he's always been an absolutely outstanding player, but there's always just been a handful of guys who are more highly regarded. So, certainly DeForest Buckner is deserving of being in the top 100. So that leads me now to talk about the watch list for next year. So,
Starting point is 00:24:18 I'm probably not going to include any like offensive linemen in there. Like I don't know that Bernard Breyman is going to suddenly jump in there borderline near Gonzalez with a strong first year, because I think to catch the eyes of people nationally, you have to you have to kind of play a sexy position or one that is statistically productive. You have to have some. You can also have some sort of high draft status and just be very visible overall. So the guys I'm watching to potentially make next year's list,
Starting point is 00:24:48 Tyler Warren, obviously was widely regarded as the top tight end in the draft. Wasn't you know, he wound up going after Colston Loveland, but Tyler Warren, you know, we made our bold predictions on yesterday's show and I said he's going to score over 10 touchdowns. So as a rookie, if the guy goes over 10 touchdowns, I think he's going to grab a ton of eyes. I think the expectation league wide is that within his first maybe two, three years, he becomes a top 10 or so tied in in the NFL. So I think that's within the realm of possibility. Kind of the same thing with Layatulu here. Finished with just four sacks last year but got to the quarterback a lot more often.
Starting point is 00:25:30 Had three forced fumbles. So the guy was out there, he was making those sacks count. Now if he can find a way to finish and turn a lot of those pressures and hits into sacks and like get the guys down, because as far as productivity goes, he is getting to the quarterback. He just needs to finish. Uh, I think he needs to get a little stronger as well. Um, but if he starts this year, then he's going to be a guy that's on the field a lot more often than he was last year, giving him a lot more opportunity to get
Starting point is 00:26:03 around those 10 sacks or so. So if you got a guy who's getting about 10 sacks in the second year, giving him a lot more opportunity to get around those 10 sacks or so. So if you got a guy who's getting about 10 sacks in the second year, you're starting to get into probable conversation territory, especially a guy like that knows how to find the football when he gets to the quarterback. So if he's getting 10 sacks, he's probably going to have about four or four swum balls or more as well, which will create turnovers in a lot of instances for his team. Sometimes those will create, you know, return touchdowns. Like the Colts are in a lot of, they only have one true prime time game, but they're in a lot of like late window spots.
Starting point is 00:26:39 So if you're seeing Liao Tu, Liao Tu come up with big moments in these games where there's a lot of eyes nationally on the Colts, then I think that's going to be a big one as well. Again, him and Tyler Warren have the first round draft status and were considered very high end players in their draft. So I think those are two guys that can certainly get it. Josh Downs, we talked about him yesterday. Zach had the bold prediction that he's gonna go over 1,000 yards. I like that one a lot. I think a lot of people really like Downs, but because he's been injured and
Starting point is 00:27:11 we haven't seen a true healthy season from Downs, especially with good quarterback play, which may still not get this year, obviously. But I think Downs is knocking on that door. If he's the focal point of the passing game and gets anywhere near that 100 catch and 1000 yard area, I think we start to discuss that a little bit with him. Michael Pittman got there a couple years ago
Starting point is 00:27:37 and I think it put him kind of under a microscope as well. Now, obviously he took a step down because he had the back injury last year. But I think a lot of people really like Josh Downs. And if he has a huge year like that and scores a handful of touchdowns, then I think some people will start to consider that, especially he's the guy that can create yards
Starting point is 00:27:59 after the catch. So I think that is kind of a sexy highlight worthy thing that I think will turn some heads as well. My last guy on this list is Cam Bynum. Just as easily as it could be Nick Cross. I'm going to say Cam Bynum because I think, again, he's under a little more of a microscope. He signed a 60 million dollar free agent deal this offseason. So people know he is a high price free agent. He's coming into this defense to be a smart player But also when that creates big plays and turnovers Everyone knows like touchdown celebrations and the turnover celebrations from him
Starting point is 00:28:35 So whether that's goofy or not like that gets people's attention So if you've got a guy who is always celebrating these big plays that he and his teammates are making, there you go. People are going to hold him in higher regard. I already think that has been part of the thing that's catapulted in through free agency. Not the teams. Teams are only going to sign him based off being a good player. But a lot of people know Kam Byn bind them fan wise across the league because of the celebrations in the big place. So, um, some of it is very stupid, trivial things that will get guys on the map, but it's true. Like it's, they are real factors here, uh, besides just their big play. Now the big play is obviously going to breed more of those
Starting point is 00:29:24 things that are going to turn heads and kind of get people's eyes on them. But I think those guys have a strong case to be on the list for next year. We'll certainly see how it goes. You guys know me. I'm going to try and be real a little more on the optimistic side as well until we see otherwise before I start getting out my pitchfork and my fire there. All right, so that is it for us today, guys.
Starting point is 00:29:49 We will be back with you tomorrow. And thank you again for making us your first listen of the day. Obviously the Lockdown NFL Top 100 is here. You've heard me yap about it here, but now you can go and listen to it all on Locked on Sports today. They're going to break down one through 100. There's going to be an NFL squad show debating placement of a lot of players as well.
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