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Starting point is 00:00:00 Lately, there have been some mock drafts that have supplied the Colts with picks ranging from great to downright outrageous. And we're going to tell you what we think today. 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. Today's show is brought to you by FanDuel. Make every moment more.

Starting point is 00:00:56 Right now, new customers, you guys get $200 in bonus bets with any winning $5 bet. That is $200 if your bet wins. So visit FanDuel.com slash Locked On to get started. What is up, friends? This is Jake Arthur and Zach Hicks from HorseshoeHuddle.com. And we are here today to mock the mocks, I guess you could say. So there have been some biggins that have come out in the last week or so. Specifically last week, we did kind of a roundup. There were some we really enjoyed.

Starting point is 00:01:22 There were some that made us kind of scratch our head. And Zach even put out his own little piece of content, not a mock draft, but just a really good realistic look at some day two picks that we'll finish off the show with today. But first, we're going to pull up the mock draft from ESPN draft expert Matt Miller. This was probably the one that caught the most attention from Colts fans over the last week. Now, I like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt on these and kind of see where they're coming from, but this is a seven-rounder, and it didn't take about midway through, Zach, until I finally was on board with something. I did not like it. I will say it

Starting point is 00:02:06 was a, it was a predictive one too. So I don't think the purpose was to get chaotic. This, this was stated as a predictive draft. So I'll roll through all seven rounds and then Zach and I will primarily kind of poke out a few of these here. So round one pick 15 was Texas defensive tackle Byron Murphy. Round two, Marshawn Nealon, the edge defender from Western Michigan. Round three was Missouri corner Chris Abrams Drain. Round four, Georgia safety Tykee Smith. Round five, wide receiver Taj Washington out of USC. Round six, Trevor Keegan, the offensive tackle out of Michigan and then they finish up in round seven with Temple linebacker Jordan McGee uh so when when we're uh maybe not so friendly about things

Starting point is 00:02:54 I think it's always a good thing to give people the opportunity to maybe speak on on it so Matt Miller did do a good job of explaining his picks throughout the first three rounds. So here it is for Byron Murphy. Now, my thing still, Zach, is defensive tackle in general is really not a need at all. And if you're going to do it, it's probably like round three at the earliest. And there are some really talented players in this draft, Murphy included. He's my number one interior defender. But again, the Colts just, that would be such a luxury pick. They just gave Grover Stewart a $39 million contract with over $25 million guaranteed. And this still has Quinion Mitchell, Terry and Arnold, Cooper to Gene, AD Mitchell and Xavier Worthy all still on the board. So I think people would have every right to be pretty bummed about that pick.

Starting point is 00:03:53 Yeah, I think the big thing for me is you guys know me. I like to look back at Chris Ballard's draft history and really tried to decipher like what he's going to go in the draft, like what he's going to do come draft day. And, you know, fun fact here for all you guys listening right now, Chris Ballard has drafted every single position like in, in football, in the top 100, aside from kicker and punter, but those aren't real positions. So aside from, you know, every real position, he has drafted every single position, at least

Starting point is 00:04:21 once within the top 100, except for interior defensive line. Never happened with the Colts. Grover Stewart was his highest pick at the position. I think that was in the middle of round four back in 2017. Then you got guys like Eric Johnson and Curtis Brooks and stuff like that. He's never spent a top 100 pick on an interior defensive lineman. So for him to take one all the way at 15, when he's already got DeForest Buckner, they just re-signed Grover Stewart.

Starting point is 00:04:47 They just signed Raekwon Davis. They just re-signed Taven Bryan. They have Adetomi Adeboye. Like they, I don't know. It just seems a little much there. And look, these 32 team seven round mocks are insanely hard because you can't be an insider for every team.

Starting point is 00:05:02 But I think this was a little bit of overthinking when it comes to this one for Matt Miller. And also like, hey, I need Byron Murphy to go somewhere. So why not to the Colts? It just doesn't make sense for the Colts. So they need a corner. They could use a receiver. I can even see an edge rusher here at 15,

Starting point is 00:05:17 but I just don't see interior defensive linemen in the top 15 for the Colts. I don't see interior defensive linemen in the top 100 for the Colts in this draft. Maybe interior defensive lineman in the top 100 for the Colts in this draft. Maybe they take one on day three, but I I'd be absolutely shocked if they took a guy like Byron Murphy at 15, who's a fantastic player,

Starting point is 00:05:33 like really, really good player. But again, Chris ballot is not taken interior defensive lineman in the top 100 in his time with the Colts. He's drafted every other position in the top 100 before that. It's just not interior defensive line. So I just, I would not, I just can't see Byron Murphy being the Colts. He's drafted every other position in the top 100 before that. It's just not interior defensive line. So I just, I would not, I just can't see Byron Murphy being the Colts pick at 15

Starting point is 00:05:50 in any circumstance. Not to mention it, it takes interior guys a long time to develop. And what is his role? I mean, is the Atatomi role where, you know, he plays sparingly, but you just drafted this guy at 15 in this scenario. So it's like, are you just give this guy five to 10 snaps a game? Even though, you know, we have discussed ad nauseum lately, this draft class really needs to hit and have immediate impact guys. So moving along to second round, Marshawn Neyland. Now, this is a team fit and neither of us would be shocked if the Colts went with an edge defender on this one. But you got a defensive line on a defense that just put up over 50 sacks last year. And your first two picks are a defensive tackle and a defensive end.

Starting point is 00:06:37 And it's neither of them are positioned where you like really lost anybody. But I think that's pretty iffy and especially there's fits like ricky pierce saw malachi corley safety tyler newbin corner tj tampa uh troy franklin uh bollard sanders they're all still on the board and it's like yeah i just like it it literally just felt like putting yeah there are things uh Putting names onto the board for the sake of doing it. Yeah, I don't know. Like, Nealon's fine. When I did my build-a-ballers for Edge,

Starting point is 00:07:11 Roger for the draft guide, he does fit what the Colts like, but it's still not like this perfect fit. You know, he's kind of that tweener mold, like a Taekwon Lewis and a Dayo Dengbo, but he's not as athletic as those two. Like again, Miller even puts it here in his write up here, four,

Starting point is 00:07:28 seven, five in the 40, 35 inch vertical jump, six, three, two 67. He has good length too, but like,

Starting point is 00:07:35 I don't know. It's like, it's kind of a Ballard fit, so it wouldn't shock me too much. But even if we're saying like they need to take an edge rusher in the top 50, I just don't, I don't know.

Starting point is 00:07:44 Nealon to me, I think there's other guys besides Nealon who make more sense for the Colts in terms of what Ballard likes uh but again of his top you know 100 picks that he gave the Colts here in this mock draft I think this is the least surprising one because I can see it but again Marshawn Nealon just doesn't really move the needle for me personally I'd prefer a wide receiver here a cornerback or even a different edge rusher, which we'll talk about in the final segment. There's a couple other edge rushers I'd prefer here in round two over Nealon.

Starting point is 00:08:10 So yeah, just another head scratcher. I'm not very high on Nealon, so I don't know if this is a great pick according to the board. But I just, I don't know. It's just another one where I'm like, man, I don't really get it. I don't really get it here at 46. Yep, yep. And then so third round is Chris Abrams, drain the corner out of Missouri. Now we've been standing here saying the Colts do need another quarter, um, before the draft, at least someone capable of starting. It doesn't have to be a star. Uh, but drain is another guy that's, I mean, he's not like a note out starter and he's probably

Starting point is 00:08:43 slated to be a slot at the next level, which you already have Kenny Moore at a brand new contract. So that's, if you're drafting a corner in the first few rounds, you're looking for a higher impact than that. And it probably needs to come in the first or second round, or if it's in the third round, it's someone who is inexplicably fallen. Yeah. Yeah. And you know, again again Chris Ballard has his type at corner I've I've never really seen him break his type when he broke it for Isaiah Rogers but that was more of a kick returner type role he broke it for Jalen Jones in terms of athleticism but he's been on record like a hundred times saying that Jalen Jones is not the type of guy that he would take

Starting point is 00:09:18 and he's given his pro scout all the credit in the world for that pick there so I think if we see a corner selection it's gonna be more of the Chris Ballard type you know Quinnion Mitchell who dominated the senior bowl and has that kind of dog mentality that you look for early in the draft or a Cam Hart type guy on day two where it's a bigger lengthier guy who's physical and gets in guys faces uh TJ Tampa makes a lot of sense as well so again going with Chris Abrams D, it feels like a, it feels like a non Chris Ballard pick to be like, and, and I think, you know, Matt Miller typically is fairly keyed in to Chris Ballard. I'm not going to say very keyed in because of the Will Levis thing last year, but he's,

Starting point is 00:09:56 you know, he's, he's fairly keyed in to what Ballard likes. So I don't know, this is just a weird mock draft. I did like some of the day three picks tykee smith a very good player from georgia i liked a couple of the other guys there but for the most part you know it's mock draft season we're not going to be too harsh on it because again a guy has to do 32 teams for seven rounds you know you're not going to get every single team right but uh this was one that i saw a lot of colts fans talking about and read it on twitter and stuff and And, and yeah, I mean, it was worth it. It was worth all the talk about it because it was kind of a weird wonky

Starting point is 00:10:29 draft, especially when we get to this next segment, talking about all the mock drafts around NFL media and who they're given the Colts, just seeing Byron Murphy in round one in this one and then only corner and everybody else's. It was, it was kind of funny to see.

Starting point is 00:10:42 Yeah. And like the, the final two picks, Trevor Keegan and jordan mcgee probably pretty fine picks and very on brand for the colts i feel like that feels very realistic to me yeah but yeah i wish i liked the first couple days better than day three but what are you gonna do so yeah like zach uh mentioned we're gonna go and kind of take a look at what some of the other draft experts from around the worldwide web have in store for the Colts.

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Starting point is 00:12:07 Right now, if you and I were going to take a poll or at least guns to our head, that's probably 1A or 1B of who we think the Colts would be going with if he was available on the board. Yeah, yeah. Quinion Mitchell makes a ton of sense for the Colts. He was my build a Ballard cornerback, too, and that's even with him not posting the typical explosion metrics and the typical arm length that the Colts look for. But when you watch him on film, I mean, this is a guy who just, who just looks like a Chris Ballard type of corner. He's got that physical mentality. He's really good in his own drops. He's a great tackler. He's physical. Like I, like I just mentioned, and he also dominated the senior bowl. And I, and you know, again, I go back to that Rakia Sin season. And I know Rakia Sin didn't technically work out here with the Colts,

Starting point is 00:12:50 but I go back to, you know, the highest cornerback that Chris Ballard has taken is Rakia Sin. And that was off the heels of this just fantastic senior bowl performance that he had against Debo Samuel. And now I'm looking at Quinion Mitchell, and I'm watching the senior bowl from this past year and just saw how good he was. And I just remember how Ballard fell in love with Rocky Sin in that performance. So it's just, it makes a lot of sense from that perspective.

Starting point is 00:13:13 I think Quinion Mitchell just feels like a Colts corner. And if he's there at 15, I could definitely see them pulling the trigger. Absolutely. And corner is a pretty common occurrence here. We'll go over some of the other cornerback ones because I think it's pretty interesting because we've talked a lot about Mitchell more so than these other guys, especially as of late. So Charles Davis of NFL.com and Rick Spielman of CBS both had Cooper to Jean, which, you know, we both think, I mean, Cooper's going to have his personal workout here in a couple of weeks on April 15th. So we'll see what scores come out of that. He's got the broken or he's he is cleared from the broken fibula or broken leg. Essentially, I don't know all the leg bones, but he had a broken leg that caused him to not be able to work out at the combine and all this good stuff. But he's finally working out for scouts on the 15th and the colts have been patient with injured draft picks you know dio adangbo had

Starting point is 00:14:11 blown his achilles just in january of that year uh julian blackman had torn an acl in the pack 12 championship game which december november december whatever uh So they've got a track record of, you know, it does. If as long as this injury isn't like career threatening, like, come on, let's do it. This is a talented player. So Cooper to Jean is one. And then Terry on Arnold, who I think for a lot of people has been overtaken by Quinnian Mitchell as the number one corner in this draft. Arnold was viewed as the top guy for a while.

Starting point is 00:14:46 Now, still very fluid mover, very physical, has a great mentality to the position, position flexibility. He's just a little smaller and a little slower than Mitchell, but still a great tape and deserving of being the top corner on whoever's board. Yeah, you know, it's funny, the Colts.com, I think it was JJ, released a mock draft roundup. And so I was looking at that before we jumped on today to make sure that we had all the prominent mock drafts in here. And if you're just scrolling through all of them, it's Quinion Mitchell, Quinion Mitchell, Quinion Mitchell,

Starting point is 00:15:19 Cooper Dijon, Cooper Dijon, Terryon Arnold, Terryon Arnold, Terryon Arnold. So it's like, okay, where do the national guys think the Colts are going at 15? It's probably cornerback, you know, and, and I don't blame them. And you look at our cornerback room. Yeah, I totally get it. I totally get it. Uh, but going with, uh, Terry on Arnold versus Cooper Dajin, you know, I think Dajin probably fits more of the Chris Ballard mold than Arnold does because Arnold, again, a little bit slower, a little bit undersized for, uh, the typical mold, a little bit slower, a little bit undersized for the typical mold, a little bit shorter arms, you know, that kind of stuff is just not going to play to the typical Chris Ballard type. But again, former safety has done a lot of great things in

Starting point is 00:15:55 college, very fluid mover. For me personally, he's my cornerback one still. I think he has some fantastic tape and I think he's going to be a great pro so you know he's another player where like yes maybe not like this this grade a tier one uh Chris Ballard fit but a guy who I still think is going to be on the Colts radar because of what he put on film because of that physicality because of you know being a safety turn to corner and still being productive that way and then Cooper Dajin you know we were talking about this at the combine quite quite a bit, where Cooper Dijon just feels like a Chris Ballard player in terms of the demeanor, the personality, the play style, the playmaking. And also when you take a guy like Cooper Dijon, you're not only getting this cornerback who can

Starting point is 00:16:36 take the ball away and be great in his zone drops and maybe play some safety, but you're also getting a great punt returner. One of the best punt returners in this entire class, a guy who can step back there from day one and be a plus player for your team. So, you know, it's funny. I talked to a couple of guys and I talked to this one guy

Starting point is 00:16:52 who is a little bit in tune with Philly and he was like, yeah, you know, I kind of like Cooper Jean for the Eagles there in round one. And my only fear is Chris Ballard at 15 with him because it just feels like a Chris Ballard type of guy. So yeah, I could totally see any of these guys being the pick. Obviously, Dajin, it comes down to what he does at his private pro day. But Dajin, Arnold, Quinion Mitchell would all be pretty good picks, I think, at 15 for

Starting point is 00:17:16 the Colts. I mean, especially over Byron Murphy. I mean, I'm just messing around, but Byron Murphy is fine. But I would prefer one of these guys over someone like Murphy or even, you know, some of the other players we're going to talk about today. Yeah. I mean,

Starting point is 00:17:29 these last couple here, Kyle Stackpole of CBS has Brian Thomas jr. From LSU, the wide receiver and his, which makes all the sense in the world. We've talked about if there's a receiver, that's most likely to be picked by the Colts at 15. Thomas makes a lot,

Starting point is 00:17:44 a lot of sense. And then who I think is probably the most common dark horse pick for the Colts if he's there is Dallas Turner. I've seen that a lot. I've thought of it myself. It makes a lot of sense if he's available. Again, it's not necessarily a need, but it's a position that I could see Chris Ballard saying, you know, my God, we're sitting at 15 in the top edge in the class who checks all of our boxes is available. Are we really going to pass that up? Yeah, that was, that was from Danny Kelly at the ringer does some great work over there at the ringer. Uh, he had the Colts taking Dallas Turner. And I do think that's the one edge rusher where if he's there at 15, I do think the Colts would select him. Uh, we, we know the,

Starting point is 00:18:22 all the reports this off season of the Colts making a push for Daniel Hunter, that one didn't pay out. And I don't think that necessarily means that they're trying to get an edge rusher in the draft. But I do think if someone like Dallas Turner were to fall to them, where like, yes, he's a little bit shorter, and he's a little bit undersized for the typical mold, but he's got the arm length, he's got the explosion, he's got the speed, he's got the production in college. I mean mean he was producing since he was a true freshman at alabama so yeah dallas turner makes a ton of sense for the colts i think this is the one edge rusher where if the if he's there at 15 the colts are going to be like you know what positional value or not positional value

Starting point is 00:18:58 but positional needs be damned we're going to take dallas turner and just go with it i think that one makes a ton of sense but i did add the k Kyle Stackpole one to Brian Thomas Jr. Cause I feel like we need to get some receiver in here. And right before we started recording, I did see that the bleacher report crew, their, their scouting department, they did have the Colts taking Brian Thomas Jr. As well in their mock draft. So like, I think if you look at all these national ones, you see the same couple of names, but there is a little bit of diversity. There's an edge rusher. There's a couple of corners and then Brian Thomas Jr. So we'll have to see what happens obviously coming forward,

Starting point is 00:19:31 but some really cool names there. You guys let us know in the comment section, what you think and where you would go among all those players. And then coming up, we're going to talk about a recent article that I wrote talking about day two players. We talked a lot about round one guys today. We're going to talk about some day two players that I think is kind of flying under the radar for Colts fans that make a lot of sense for what the Colts and Chris Ballard like on draft

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Starting point is 00:20:55 That's betterhelp, H-E-L-P dot com slash locked on. All righty, Locked On Colts fans, we are jumping into our final segment today where we're talking about some, this article I wanted to write basically to preface it is I've seen a lot of the mock draft simulators, guys. I've seen a lot of people having the same kind of guys on day two, you know, Cam Hart at corner on day two, Ricky Pearsall at wide receiver on day two. Those are the most common mock draft picks that you will see among Colts fans. So I want to put a couple of other names out there that I think fit what the Colts like,

Starting point is 00:21:30 fit what the Colts need, and also fit what Chris Ballard typically likes to do on draft day. So I started off a little easy. And Jake can even comment on some of these guys because I think all of them are Senior Bowl guys. So Jake was down there this year. But Max Melton, cornerback from Rutgers, I think that's a name to watch for the Colts on day two. I think he actually makes more sense than someone like a Cam Hart even because he's got more fluidity. He's got more positional flexibility. And I think even if he doesn't start on day one, he's got the gunner mentality and the

Starting point is 00:21:59 gunner speed to be out there being a productive player on this team from day one. So Max Melton from Rutgers, I'm a big fan of him. I would take him in round two. He's one of the few corners I would take in round two, and he's got the arm length, he's got the physicality, he's got the good tape. I'm a huge, huge fan of Max Melton. Yeah, same here.

Starting point is 00:22:16 I think he plays like a Cole. All of his pre-draft stuff is very much on brand. Again, I love the position flexibility as well i think he plays through the whistle and again you have these guys that work out really well this time of year but their tape doesn't always match it and everything is in line for him i'm a big fan of that basically him cam hart and like tj tampa are my day two corners that i'm like yes if you could find a way to get one of those guys if you take a pass catcher in round one of course then totally fine with that yeah yeah and max melton one of his biggest highlights in college was running down

Starting point is 00:22:55 ohio state running back from like 70 yards it's a great highlight if you guys can find that on youtube there i went with a defensive tackle slash defensive end with my next one so i know jake's gonna get on me because he doesn't know where this guy's gonna play in year one and I'm gonna get the Matt Miller treatment from Jake here but Darius Robinson from Missouri I don't know if he's gonna be there at 46 for the Colts I know there's been some first round buzz for him but I'm sorry when I look at this guy I I just feel Chris Ballard like standing behind me like whispering like yes this is my guy you know you you look at length, you look at the size, you look at the production as a senior, you look at him just absolutely dominating the senior bowl this year in the pass rush drills

Starting point is 00:23:33 and the one-on-ones. And I'm thinking like, okay, yeah, this is a Chris Ballard type of defensive end or slash defensive tackle. Uh, so yeah, if, if they move on from DeForest Buckner after the season, if they move on from a Dio Dangbo after the season, Darius Robinson could fit in perfectly. I'm not going to say he's going to be as productive as those guys, but he's kind of fit in that same type of mold, you know, 35 inch arms, very productive player. He kind of looks like an Eric Armstead type guy on film to me. So, yeah, Darius Robinson. I don't know if Chris Ballard is going to be able to resist him there at 46 if he somehow

Starting point is 00:24:04 falls there come draft day. Yeah, word is the league likes him a lot. And even if he does slip out around one, I can't really see him getting out of the top 40. For me, I think following his athletic testing, because that's what I was really intrigued by. Like from the second I saw who this guy was and then I saw him in one on ones at the Senior Bowl. I was like, this dude is absolutely a cult. But again, his size didn't really know where he was going to play. His athletic testing for me says interior.

Starting point is 00:24:34 My dog is just fighting through it. Every single episode, you guys are going to hear her just fighting for her life over here. Anyways, so no, I would move him inside and basically just be your next Daiwa Dango. And if you can match him up with Daiwa Dango, and you know, you re-sign Daiwa, and you have two somewhat similar players, I think that's a really good idea. But yeah, the athletic testing, I've seen a lot of people compare him like Cam Jordan coming out of Cal back in the day. I don't know. I think Cal is more or Cam Jordan is more of like the exception to that, that, you know, he's this awesome edge rusher, which Robinson

Starting point is 00:25:12 could be in certain schemes and everything. But if we're looking specifically at the Colts, I really would follow the Dio path for him, which I know is mostly edge, but then you kick him on inside a lot. He's just kind of a guy you have to see on the field first. And we've seen that in the past. Like Ben Banigou is a good example to me, like a guy who position flexibility, really athletic and the Colts drafted him to actually be a Sam linebacker. But I don't even think he made it through the first, his like first week of little camp practices, the rookie meeting camp before they're like, okay, no,

Starting point is 00:25:47 we're not going to do that. He's an edge. So that could be something teams decide after the first month or so with Robinson where they really want to want to put them. Yeah. Yeah. And I got two more names here that are kind of, you know, it's like a step down from the first year.

Starting point is 00:26:02 The first two could totally see the Colts taking these next two. I've barely seen Colts fans talking about but Ben Sinnott I think Sinnott tight end from Kansas State and Bo Limmer center from Arkansas I know these are not names that that Colts fans are talking about a lot especially Sinnott who you know if Colts fans are basically saying you know Brock Bowers or nobody at tight end but if you look at the athletic testing you look at the positional flexibility to play that sniffer tight end slash H-back role, I think Sinat makes a ton of sense for the Colts. He had a great season this past year,

Starting point is 00:26:31 flipping back out to the tight end position and done a lot of great things in that offense. And I really do think he would fit a lot of what the Colts offense does when it comes to their motion, their pre-snap movement and stuff like that. And then Bo Limmer at center from Arkansas. Look,

Starting point is 00:26:49 Ryan Kelly is not getting any younger. Will Fries is the free agent after the season. Limmer is a guy who started 40 games in college, mostly at right guard and then switched to center this past year. Had a good senior bowl. He had just a fantastic combine. I think he ran really well, had a great explosion, almost put up 40 on the bench press too, which is crazy at center. So yeah, Bo Limmer, I think just screams Colts type player as well. But Sinat and Limmer are two guys that I'm commonly sending to them in round three come my mock drafts because it just makes so much sense for the Colts. Yeah. Ben Sinat, I really wanted to like more like at the senior bowl, everything looked great, like pre-. I didn't think he had some issues catching the ball down there, but in terms of getting separation, the fluidity and crispness of his routes, I really liked. So for me, I am kind

Starting point is 00:27:36 of of the thinking of if it's not Bowers or Jatavian Sanders, get one of these hybrid type guys, get, get a movable tight end who I'm not talking to receiving type, but just like you mentioned a guy that can block and be kind of a fullback. Yeah. Yeah. And then we got two more guys here to round it out. Adisa Isaac from Penn state kind of fits that speed rusher that the Colts like, you know, he's very raw, but he's a player who I think when you watch this film, it kind of screams quitty pays Michigan film where maybe he wasn't being used perfectly, but a lot of inside stunts that result against Sacks,

Starting point is 00:28:09 good length, good size, good speed, just didn't really put it all together in college, but he's a sneaky third round option for the Colts. And then Tez Walker from North Carolina, if the Colts want to go back to the North Carolina wide receiver tree, Tez Walker is a vertical burner who doesn't really do much more than that.

Starting point is 00:28:24 But look, the Colts are looking for some vertical speed right now. Tez Walker is a vertical burner who doesn't really do much more than that. But look, the Colts are looking for some vertical speed right now. Tez Walker makes some sense that they miss out on the Troy Franklins and the Xavier Worthies of the world. So those are two guys that pop for me as high Chris Ballard fits, even if I didn't really love their film, but very, very high Chris Ballard fits that could be options in round three for the team. Yeah, I really liked Tez Walker going into the senior bowl and then the senior bowl happened, unfortunately. During practices and one-on-ones and stuff, I thought he was a great route runner.

Starting point is 00:28:57 He got a lot of separation. It just literally, when the ball got to him, he could not catch it. And then you get to the actual game and it's Sam Hartman all game forcing the ball downfield to Taz Walker all game. It was, it was just an ugly thing for both of them. And to me, I don't know what's more nail biting than having a field stretching receiver who you legitimately never know if they're going to catch it or not. Like that's I'm good on that.

Starting point is 00:29:29 Again, I really, really wanted to like him more than I do, but receivers who struggle to catch the ball is kind of a problem for me. I get it. He's what people think Alec Pierce is then, because that's what people think Pierce can't catch, but Tez Walker might actually not be able to catch. But you guys let us know in the comments section which of those six players intrigues you the most. It'll probably end up being Max Melton,

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