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Starting point is 00:00:39 can get $200 in bonus bets if your first $5 bet wins. Hello, everyone. My name is Zach Hicks, your resident film nerd of HorseshoeHuddle.com, and my partner Jake Arthur is our credential boots on the ground for the site as well. We are here for Mock Draft Monday. Everybody, yes, Mock Draft Monday is back. We are here mocking the colts, not in the way that we're typically mocking the colts, Jake. But we're doing our dueling mock dress and

Starting point is 00:01:07 Usually we do a kind of a theme for these like I think the last time we did this It was like the athletic freaks post combine We did another one where we both had to like trade down and such but Because the the makeup of this Colts team is so drastically different now than what it was for all of our other mock draft Mondays so drastically different now than what it was for all of our other mock draft Mondays. We do have to just kind of start fresh here, Jake. So we're basically going off vibes today. You're going off your vibe and what you think the Colts might do come draft day. I'm going off what I think the Colts might do. So Jake, kick us off. What do you got the Colts doing in round one of this mock draft Monday on what day are we? Monday, March 17th, mock draft Monday.

Starting point is 00:01:46 That's what we're on right now. St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick's Day mock draft Monday. Who do you got in this all vibes mock draft? Yeah, so I'll add the caveat here that we have to always add some sort of wrinkle. So for the first time I'm trading back and you are trading up.

Starting point is 00:02:01 So I traded back to number 18 with the Seattle Seahawks 14 to 18. I recouped a third rounder there. In reality, the Colts could probably also get like a future six third, fifth or something out of that. But we just went kind of pick for pick on this one. I'm getting Colston Loveland here tied in out of Michigan. Now this I'm sure he is much more likely to be available to the Colts than Tyler Warren is. But you know if both guys are equal and they were there on the board it's kind of just you know pick your flavor. So Tyler Warren is a bit of the kind of complete package. You can move him around do a bit with him. If you want a guy who is able to inline block, and then he can go out and catch, he can do some stuff after the catch as well.

Starting point is 00:02:50 I think Colson Loveland is a bit more mobile and fluid as a runner. I think he very much gives off big receiver vibes. That can come with a connotation of he can't block, though, which he can. Um, there, there was someone who made the comparison to these two before of like both of them at their ceiling best case scenario. It's like picking, do you want Rob Gronkowski or Travis Kelsey, both elite players who you could consider, you know, the best. And I think that's

Starting point is 00:03:21 a sky high shooting for it, but I saw a much more level headed comparison where someone compared Loveland to Sam Laporta. And I saw it and I was like, yes, that absolutely fits. I really like that comparison. He's not a guy who you're just going to sit there on the line and let him block all game, but he's capable in spurts when you want to do that. But otherwise, very fluid athlete becomes a big part of your passing game

Starting point is 00:03:49 right away and becomes another security blanket that Anthony Richardson or Daniel Jones could have and it's not just Josh Downs anymore being able to kind of move the sticks a little bit. You know, Michael Pittman Jr. as much as some people might like to think, you know, he is that guy. They do a little bit. You know, Michael Pittman Junior, as much as some people might like to think, you know, he is that guy they do a little bit more with him. So you do need that pass catching tight end that they have lacked for so long. So you give a guy like Colston Loveland, who again, really good hips,

Starting point is 00:04:18 very mobile in and out of his breaks, does a lot after the catch. Real feisty guy, too, is going to be kind of fiery and some of his teammates can feed off of that energy as well. So there's really not much to not like here when it comes to Loveland. Yeah, and actually it's kind of funny when you say that super high comparison of Kelsey to Loveland and Gronk to Warren, I would kind of say Loveland reminds me more of Kelsey than Warren reminds me of Gronk in terms of Loveland moves similarly to Kelsey with that basketball player playing football type of

Starting point is 00:04:50 footwork that that euro stepping and yeah, it's it's very clean footwork. Obviously, those are really high end comparisons there. But I would honestly argue that one of the best things that could have happened for Loveland this past year was playing in an offense that could not throw the football because he had to be a better blocker this past season because the ball was definitely not going to get to him. He had to work in the run game a little bit better. So Loveland, again, I think 14 is a bit too high. 18 might be a little high too, but I can live with taking him at 18 if you're trading back and picking up an extra third round pick like you did in your mock draft here. For me, I'm going the opposite direction. I am really leaning into the Colts moving up for their guy this year.

Starting point is 00:05:31 I think this this offseason has been all about Chris Ballard correcting the wrongs of the past. And last year, we know that he was trying to get up there for Malik neighbors and then trying to get up there for Brock Bowers and couldn't close the deal on those trades. Now this free agency, he's been able to close the deal on free agents. So I think he's going to be able to close the deal here on moving up for the tight end that he's looking for.

Starting point is 00:05:55 And that is Tyler Warren. So I used a couple of former trades in past drafts as my precursor for this trade here. I only went up from pick 14 to 11 in this one. So I sent San Francisco the 80th overall pick along with the 14th pick for pick number 11. And my trade that I kind of used as a reference point was when Philadelphia went up to number 10 from number 12 back in the 2021 draft. They gave up their third round pick to go up and get that. If

Starting point is 00:06:25 you want to go up to like pick number seven or pick number eight, I have past drafts there. I mean, back in 2018 when the Bills went up to number seven to get Josh Allen, they gave up two second round picks with number 12 to get up to number seven. So if you really want to secure Tyler Warren and get up to like number seven or eight, you have to give up maybe two seconds or a second or a third to get up there but those are certainly on the table as well. For this one I only again I only went up to number 11 I gave up pick 14 and pick 80 to go up to number 11 to get Tyler Warren and yeah Tyler Warren's just look it's not Brock Bowers of last year but it's pretty darn close in terms of just being a mismatch nightmare. His ability to catch and block it would be a massive aspect, a massive addition to this

Starting point is 00:07:10 offense. And I've been talking about all season that the Colts need a tight end that can allow them to live in 11 personnel. They just have not been able to do that under Shane Steichen thus far having a number one tight end that can also catch and block they haven't had that guy They've had a lot of guys who can catch but can't block or block and and can't catch or can't do either Honestly with some of these guys they've had but Tyler Warren gives them the best of both worlds He allows him to live in 11 personality gives them a threat over the middle of the field to go with Josh down So yeah, I mean look in a perfect world, I wouldn't trade up for a guy like Tyler Warren because I don't know if he's necessarily worth, you know, the 11th

Starting point is 00:07:49 overall pick, like giving up two picks to go up and get them. But when you're talking about how he compliments his offense and how he makes this team better, I'm fine with this type of trade up here because it just makes your team better. I always go back to when the Colts trade up for Jonathan Taylor back in that 2020 draft where I was like, look, trading up for a running back. I don't absolutely love it, especially when they had like a guy like Marlon Mack and Naim Hines coming back. Like I really didn't feel like the Colts need to move up for Jonathan Taylor. But at the end of the day, I was like, they're going to get a player who just makes their team better and makes their offense better. So who am I to complain about that too much?

Starting point is 00:08:24 It's really what like this with Tyler Warren, where if the Colts move up and get him, their offense is better from day one than what it was last season. So I think that'll be worth it in the end there. So you guys can kind of see the difference there where I'm giving up a third round pick to go get Tyler Warren, Jake is gaining a third round pick to take Colson Loveland. What do you guys think when it comes to just kind of the push pole of that there? Would you rather move up for Warren or move back for Loveland? Jake, I know you pick Loveland this, but which one would you rather do? Um, and you know, if you had the choice. Yeah, I'm, I'm actually all on board with being aggressive, just like, you know,

Starting point is 00:09:00 I think the Colts are now in a position where with this attitude they're closer to being competitive now than they were just sitting on their hands and making a move and being aggressive like a guy for getting a guy like Tyler Warren is not the same as like a Trey Hendrickson. Warren has this whole career ahead of him and Trey Hendrickson for example is a 30 year old pass rusher that you'd have to give a gazillion dollars to. So this is not the same in terms of being aggressive. This year.

Starting point is 00:09:28 I also liked the idea of you get Tyler Warren and you get the whole package. If you get like Colston Loveland, for example, I still would feel better going and get that veteran blocking tight end Mo Ali Cox or just whoever else is out there. Um, with Warren, you can live with that being the only addition you make to the tight end room. You still have Drew Ogletree, you still have Will Mallory, you can see how it goes there. But with the Loveland, I feel like you probably need one more extra piece there. But no, Tyler Warren does it all for you.

Starting point is 00:09:59 Either of these guys give Shane Steichen the go to weapon at Titan that he has office has always worked best with. But yeah, gun to my head if I would rather trade up for Warren or trade back for Loveland, go get the guy that you want. Like they have missed on doing that for so long. Like I just want to see them be aggressive and go up and get a guy like Tyler Warren. Awesome. So Jake has agreed that my mock draft so far is off to a better start than his. So coming up, we'll talk about round two and see if Jake can rebound there and catch up to this progress I've made on. Have you ever checked your bank account and wondered where did all of my money go between

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Starting point is 00:12:36 We got us a couple tight end studs with our first picks. Very obvious, biggest needs on the Colts roster. So what do you got in store for us in round two? Yeah. So look, I have to make up that third round pick, right? No one's going to pick me in the comments if I only have two picks compared to your four. So I had to move back in order to recoup that third round pick here. So really what I was looking at was teams that have the comp, the compensatory picks, because those are typically the teams that like to move up in round two

Starting point is 00:13:04 and they're more willing to give up those third round compensatory picks because those are typically the teams that like to move up in round two and they're more willing to give up those third round compensatory picks. Think about years ago when the Colts moved back in round two to pick up that extra third round pick for Bernhard Reimann. Years ago that worked out great for the Colts. So what I ended up doing was moving back from the 45th overall pick. I also gave up the 151st pick to Detroit for the 60th pick and the 102nd pick. Again, I'm not too perfect with the trade details here, but anyway, anyway on mock draft Monday to get my third pick here so I can compete with you here, Jake.

Starting point is 00:13:34 So I moved back to pick 60 and with pick 60, it's a tad bit of a reach, but the Colts need an offensive lineman and I'm taking tat rat tate ratledge tate ratledge lineman from Georgia. I think you know with the Colts having a vacancy on their offensive line or just having a need for depth on the offensive line getting a player like ratledge in here to compete for our starting job and you can either keep gonsalves as the swing right tackle you can you know you can even have gonsalves start at right guard and then have ratledge be the backup swing guard and then if there's an start at right guard and then have rat lich be the backup swing guard. And then if there's an injury at right tackle like there usually is, you can bump can solve is back out there to right tackle and then start rat lich like this gets your offensive line just overall team a lot better on the offensive line.

Starting point is 00:14:16 So Tate Rattlage is a guy I'm very high on big athletic beautiful mullet to go along with what the Colts already have on the interior with Tanner Bordellini with the mullet. So I just think that's perfect there. And he's also a guy where when I watch his film and I look at his background, I think this is such a Chris Ballard guy just in terms of he's dealt with some injuries in college and he's always bounced back and he's even played through the injuries at times this past year. He missed a whole month to play. He had ankle surgery and he had a knee injury and little did you lo and behold, he came back after three weeks and played through that the rest of the year and had some really great film after the injury. Now it's terrifying to give a Colts team like this, a guy who's had some injury

Starting point is 00:14:58 problems, but I just know knowing Chris Ballard is going to look at that and be like, that's a tough guy. We went on on our interior. Yeah. He just brings the athleticism and the toughness and the physicality we want. So getting him here at pick 60 in the second round, I think Tate Ratledge is very much a guy who's going to be very high on Chris Ballard's board. And look, if they're still looking for more interior offensive lineman depth on round two, I could totally see them taking him at 45 even. He's just such a Colts player. Now I like that one.

Starting point is 00:15:27 They obviously need more depth along the offensive line. And like you said, if you put it in the interior, that gives them the flexibility to move things all best around. But no, given a nasty guy with that sort of mentality fits very well with how the Colts operate since, you know, 2018 and the establishment of run the damn ball.

Starting point is 00:15:46 Routledge is a really good fit there so I like that one a lot. Now for me you guys know I love my like third fourth round linebackers but there's got to be a bridge between Jahad Campbell and Jaylen Walker in the first and then your Demetrius Knights and Jeffrey Bosses there in the middle rounds and for me the the perfect pick for that is who I've got here in round two. That's Carson Schwestinger of UCLA. The more I watch him, the more I am bought in. Like this guy has great size. He's like six to two 40 ish.

Starting point is 00:16:18 Has really, really good athleticism. But he moves around like those six foot one, two hundred twenty five, two hundred thirty pound linebackers of the Colts like this guy is a stat sheet stuffer. He does everything well over a hundred tackles, had about a hundred solos, which I think led the nation, if not the conference, gets a ton of tackles, four sacks, couple picks. He's really good in past coverage. The interceptions weren't just clunky linebacker fell in his bread basket ones either. Like he actually had to work for

Starting point is 00:16:48 him and move around and get to him. Uh, so he is great in coverage. One of the best coverage linebackers in this draft. Um, again, I mentioned the four sacks, so he's pretty decent at rushing the passer as well. Good at disguising his blitzes, but getting, you know, taking his time, diagnosing for a second and firing through there. Uh, so this guy is the total package. I think he fits pretty much everything the Colts would like to have at linebacker. You know, he doesn't have the vines for arms. They're not short, but they're not, you know, he's not going to be able to corral the in the entire trenches with his arms, like what Chris Foward normally covets. But if that's

Starting point is 00:17:22 the only thing he's willing to give up to get a linebacker like that, a true three down linebacker who is absolutely picture perfect for the will roll here, you got to go ahead and do it. The only question is, is this guy going to be available there in the when they pick there in the second round, because he could easily be gone to the top 40. Yeah. And, you know, I kind of said it with Tate Ratledge, where Chris Ballard is kind of a sucker for like those those stories. You know, the stories that we all get up for for the draft.

Starting point is 00:17:50 The best part of draft night are those great stories that these players have. And Schwestinger is a similar guy where former walk on at UCLA had to work into his role. They're only all American as a starter. Yeah, one year as a starter and all American. Fantastic player this past year year really good coverage ability And he's typically not the type of guy I like in terms of I like linebackers that can take on blocks and shed blocks and he's certainly not that guy He's a guy has to go around the blocks not super physical, but when you see what he can bring in coverage

Starting point is 00:18:19 I mean, it's it's one of the top two or three covers linebackers in this draft and maybe I'm just I just need a coverage guy And D so bad because we just haven't had it like basically in the entire time. I've covered this team They haven't had this true like legit like top-tier cover linebacker That I'm all for taking guy like him on day two because they just need that impact player especially in this system and guy like him on day two because they just need that impact player especially in this system with what Lou Anarumo wants to do. I mean you look at the impact that Logan Wilson had on Anarumo system when Wilson got there. I'm not saying these guys are exactly as similar but there are a lot of similarities in their game. So Schwestender if they can't get Jahad Campbell in round one or they can't land a couple of these free agent linebackers that are still out there.

Starting point is 00:19:05 He would be an excellent consolation prize in round two or round three or wherever he ends up going come draft day. Yeah. He, he, you had mentioned, you know, he's not always going to get off those blocks when he gets kind of caught up in the trenches, but he is tenacious and you could see him absolutely bowling through running backs who were just trying their best and fast protection. So like, he may not win every matchup, but a lot of these one-on-ones against guys who were his size or smaller, he's going to win that one all day. So guys so far, so good,

Starting point is 00:19:36 I think from both of us. But now we are moving on to the third round where I have got an extra pick. The NCAA tournament is here. And so is the bracket breakdown. I have got an extra pick. Upset, Buzzer Beater, and Bracket Matchup. Stream it all for free on Amazon Fire TV channel. Search Bracket Breakdown to see it all for free. It's your team, every day. All right, so let's start this thing off. We're gonna stagger this a little bit. Since I've got two picks,

Starting point is 00:20:19 we'll make a little bit of a sandwich out of you. I'll tell you who I'm gonna go ahead and take first though. So this is a guy who I think by default this offensive line group throughout the entire draft is very versatile because they either lack the prototypical size, length or athleticism to play what they did in college in the NFL. And one guy who I think has great guard size, but he's got that the really good fleet of foot mobility for a tackle is Marcus bow from Purdue. He is so unorthodox and I saw you really highlight that on Twitter recently.

Starting point is 00:20:55 Like they, a lot of the things he does with his feet is what an offensive line coach will scream at his guys for doing, but it works so well for him. Again, it's very unorthodox, but his feet are so good and quick that he gets to where exactly he needs to be. And it's it's perhaps confusing for the guy who's trying to line up against him. But, you know, he's like six, four, three, three, I think. I think he's got like awesome size there for guard, if he could put a little bit more weight on for there in the interior.

Starting point is 00:21:28 Now, if a team thinks he's going to lose some of that athleticism by adding too much weight, then sure. See what you got at at offensive tackle there. But still, just like what you mentioned with Tate Ratledge, they need another guy who has got some versatility. I don't think they can add any more guys who are pigeonholed into one spot. Like Danny Pinter is a center only Blake Freeland. Practically, if you could put him out there, he is only a right tackle.

Starting point is 00:21:56 Like they have to keep adding a couple more guys who've got that versatility. And whether they try him at a swing tackle or to compete at right guard where Matt Gonzalez, we presume it's going to be, I would just be excited to see Marcus bow. If he lives up to his potential, what that looks like. And he, again, he checks a lot of Colts boxes, uh, spent most of his career at right guard, had a season cut short due to injury and then moved to right tackle for a year and looked

Starting point is 00:22:25 great. So that's very much a Chris Ballard player right there. Oh, gosh, we're making too many jokes on this episode about how, you know, the Chris Ballard archetype is just injured players. We got we got eight years of draft data, man. Yes, yes. So I guess the injured player is really Chris Ballard's mold there. But Bo's interesting because the Colts are one of the few teams in the NFL who don't seem to care too much about arm length at offensive tackle. So they on paper, they could be a team that would try and tackle.

Starting point is 00:22:55 But one thing they do care about is height and weight. And he really doesn't have that whatsoever. So I don't know if the Colts will put him at tackle. I don't know if any team would really put him at tackle. But I do love that interior versatility that he has. I think he can be a perfectly fine guard, especially in a zone based system. The Colts were very zone based for the first year and a half of Shane Steichen's tenure

Starting point is 00:23:15 with the team. I think he'd be a fantastic center in the NFL. And you know, Chris Ballard mentioned at the combine that they think Tanner Bordellini could play some guards. So maybe you take a guy like Bo in round three, you put Bo at center and Bordellini is your long-term right guard and Gonzalves is working out as your swing tackle for the next year and then takes over for Braden Smith the year after. Like it just opens up a lot of possibilities.

Starting point is 00:23:39 So Marcus Bo is not maybe not a pick that I'd be like going crazy over just because I think I'd rather get like a guard or a tackle in here and Bowe might be a center. But again, get good players on the offensive line. Sometimes it's as simple as that. Just draft good players. And I think Marcus Bowe is a good player. He might sneak into round one, by the way, with with the center potential. I do think that some team might fall in love with him as a center and we could see him sneak into the end of round one. Going to my next pick though, so again with my trade back with the Detroit Lions in this hypothetical, I picked up the very last pick of the third round. So essentially a fourth round pick here and I need to reach a little bit for a guy who

Starting point is 00:24:17 I just think is going to be a fantastic player in the NFL. And again, for some of these mock draft things, this might be a bit of a reach but for me honestly I feel like I'm getting a steal here and that is defensive tackle CJ West from Indiana and I'm not just playing to the locals here. CJ West has some fantastic film like some next level film has got really good size little over 300 pounds was a run stuffing force for Indiana last year and honestly had some pass rushing juice too that I was shocked to see on film. I really turned on his film expecting to see this next level run stuffer and I saw that don't get me

Starting point is 00:24:54 wrong but there were flashes of what he could be as a pass rusher as well and for me personally I'm just looking for that Grover Stewart backup. The Colts have not had that since what, Owl Woods? We have not had a competent back of nose tackle with the Colts in a long, long time. So we can get someone like CJ Weston here where for those 30% of the snaps that one of Grover or Buckner is not going to be on the field for rundowns, if you can have a competent player come in who has potential to be even more than just a competent player, over maybe develop into something more like Grover has over the years. And I think CJ West can can really be that I'm really impressed by his film. And honestly, I think if I were actually scouting all like 400 or 500 players in this draft, I don't know if he'd be the 100 second overall player for me,

Starting point is 00:25:57 I think he'd be in the top 90 top 80 type players because the film really is that good when you when you turn it on for I know, Indiana fans who are probably watching this can probably attest but some really great film from him last year and He could surprise and go higher than this But I'm going you know off of what all the mock draft stuff says he might be available by 102 But I'm looking for that Grover Stewart backup and CJ West just screams perfect backup for me Yeah, I know I use schedule got a bit question and everything and the validity of of pretty much all of IU's success this year came into question for a lot of people. But then West went to I think

Starting point is 00:26:35 the East West Shrine and really stood out there as well. I think he was one of the big performers from there. So this is a guy who's who's doing his job and and you know passing the tests so far through the pre-draft process. And getting a guy like that, I would love it because it means they're not going to try and miscast novel Gallimore as the backup nose. If you get a guy who's definitely like your backup nose, I really like that potential a lot. So you're right. I mean, I do like the addition of Gallimore, but they need the complimentary thing like they need the defined backup three tech and they need to define backup nose and they need them to be good more than anything. Yeah. So I'm in favor of the touch on that. Yeah. Just touch on this real quick and I'll

Starting point is 00:27:15 let you get your last comment. But like people don't realize how much the backup defensive tackles play. And I know with Louie and Aramo might be different than Gus Bradley, but they play it like a 30% clip. Like that's a lot of snaps. So this, this needs to be competent behind those two players and CJ West for me, I think he could be better than competent. So I'm all in on him. If the Colts had pick a one or two, like they do in this scenario, if you take CJ West, I'm feeling really good there. I like it also drives me nuts to miss out on local players.

Starting point is 00:27:44 I know it's not the same as like colleges recruiting high school players, but when you got guys in your own backyard, I hate it when they get passed up. So my, my final guy is another guy with Indiana roots, Toledo defensive tackle, Darius Alexander from Toledo. So I'm kind of following in your same footsteps here. I like the addition of Gallimore, but we've been preaching competition

Starting point is 00:28:07 and you can't just be satisfied with this one addition. And they do need more bodies there anyways. Like anything out of Tommy can give you great, but the Colts apparently have moved on from Raekwon Davis and Tabin Bryan. We'll see Tabin Bryan. We have no clue if he might be back. Gallimore should be Bryan's replacement, but you still need Raekwon's replacement.

Starting point is 00:28:29 So get Darius Alexander in there. This is again, this is a perfect dress, Chris Ballard pick. We know on day two, he's willing to go after the older guys and Alexander's gonna be 25 as a rookie. But if you scale him back to like 22, 23 years old, the guy's going late first. His athleticism in size, his performance at the senior bowl in the combine, awesome.

Starting point is 00:28:54 Like this is, I mean, I'm not going to say he's this year's Quinian Mitchell, but like a similar thing, like where he did really, really well for a small school Toledo specifically. There were questions about him, but then he came out and aced everything pre-draft and it's like, okay, well, what do you do with this kid? He's doing, he's passing every test you're asking of him.

Starting point is 00:29:16 So no, this dude is explosive. He's huge. I don't think he's necessarily a type that you pigeonhole into a three tech or a nose. I think he could do a little bit of both. And so I love adding him into the mix, especially when you already know you have Gallimore. Now he's an older guy, so you don't want to have to wait for him too long to develop.

Starting point is 00:29:37 But having the three guys already ahead of him there gives you the luxury of time a little bit. You don't have to force him into a huge role right away. Uh, but I think Alexander, the third round would be the perfect time to swing from if he's there. Yeah. And I'll add this to all the Gallimore talk, uh, that you've, you said with that there, like novel Gallimore is getting 400,000 guaranteed next year. He shouldn't even be brought up in draft conversations.

Starting point is 00:30:04 It's a one year deal with 400,000 guaranteed. Like, if you view Darius Alexander's potential starting defensive tackle, or your third defensive tackle, you don't even bring up Gallimore in those conversations, you know, like, I'm saying it in that they have the flexibility to not have to force him into a role bigger than what is necessary. Right, right. Right. I'm not saying that Gallimore doesn't apply whatsoever.

Starting point is 00:30:27 I'm just saying like it shouldn't prevent you or even cross your mind when it comes to drafting a player because because Alexander, like if he's everything that you think he can be, he should be able to surpass Gallimore pretty early or again, play alongside Gallimore depending on how you want to play your defensive fronts there. But that is all we have for mock draft Monday today, guys. So just to recap, in round one, I traded up for Tyler Warren, I gave up the Coles third round pick. So in round two, to recoup that draft selection, I moved back, picked up the very last pick in the third round in that trade back, got Tate Ratledge from Georgia in round two and then in

Starting point is 00:31:05 round three picked up CJ West from Indiana. Jake on the other hand he traded back. Got Colston Loveland from Michigan in round one and then in round two took linebacker Carson Schwessinger from UCLA and then in round three with his extra draft selections he took Marcus Bow and Darius Alexander really playing to you you natives there here in Indiana. The took Marcus Bow and Darius Alexander really playing to you. You natives there here in Indiana, the local Indy kid and Alexander and the guy who played at Purdue. Come on Jake, come on, you're cheating here.

Starting point is 00:31:32 Nice J West. Yeah, I would say not that I took an Indiana defensive tackle in round three, but you guys let us know what you think in the comments below. Who won this mock draft Monday? What would you do in round one? And are you in favor of trading up for Tyler Warren or trading back for Colston Loveland? Let

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