Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - Indianapolis Colts: Most Urgent Needs After Quarterback
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We know that the Colts have to do something at quarterback, but that's not just going to magically fix everything.
What else do they need to address on the roster before the season starts? Let's get to it.
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Today we're revisiting the Colts' team needs ahead of the draft.
These first couple waves of free agency have come and gone.
The Colts were a little more active than we are used to that early.
So it's time to revisit things and see what they still need to do.
You know, quarterback, obviously, but what else do they need to fortify the roster leading into the season? Because obviously the draft, we know they're going to want to load up on picks.
They always do.
So what could they use those picks on? So, you know, last year, April, you know, you think of it mostly
in the draft, but last year, they actually made several free agency moves. A couple of meaningful
ones, some of them not so much. They added Brandon King, Rodney McLeod, Brandon Kemp,
and Stephon Gilmore all last April.
So while we're looking ahead to the draft, you know, don't just think free agency is over because they probably will at least make a couple more moves in the next few weeks.
So they have addressed a couple areas somewhat modestly so far.
You know, they've added Samson, Aboukham, Taven Bryan, Isaiah McKenzie, and Farrow Brown, which took care of a couple small needs.
But what else?
So Zach and I have been kind of pounding this drum, you know,
on Twitter and on here.
Outside of quarterback, of course, cornerback,
that's a very high need right now because Stephon Gilmore
and Brandon Faison are gone.
Gilmore needed no introduction, obviously. Faison
wasn't necessarily a fan favorite, but that's 1,500 snaps between the two of them that the
Colts are going to have to look to replace. You know, Zach Kinneymore, the second, they've kind
of committed to him for the year, it seems on paper so far, but he's, you know, in the nickel.
He's the slot guy. He was banged up last year. He missed five games, and he just really didn't look like himself.
Yeah, I would say, honestly, right now,
all you have are two roster locks at the position.
You have Isaiah Rogers, who is a nice young player,
and I think he can be a cornerback one,
but he still hasn't really been that yet in the NFL,
so that's a little bit concerning.
And then Kenny Moore II, like you said,
he was talked about in trade rumors,
talked about potentially being on the move.
He definitely felt like he was not going to be coming back at the end of last season.
But that's all they really have in terms of roster locks at the position.
Like, yeah, I think Dallas Flowers is likely going to make the roster, especially with
his special teams ability.
But you can't really count on him to be a starter, an everyday player on defense.
And then Tony Brown, obviously they brought back as well,
but they brought him back to such a small deal
that it's mostly like a special teams deal.
And it's, you know, more of a depth role type thing
if he makes a team.
So they need a lot of help.
They just need more bodies at cornerback.
They really don't have anybody there right now.
Like it's just Kenny Moore II, Isaiah Rogers Sr.,
which are the main guys.
And then, yeah, Flowers and Tony Brown could be good special teamers.
But ideally, you don't just need to add someone through the draft
or just someone in free agency.
You need to add somebody in both.
You need to grab someone like a Shaquille Griffin or a Rakusin
or someone like that through free agency
and then still maybe spend a second or a third-round pick on corner
because they need guys who can play on special teams.
They need guys who can play on defense.
They need guys who could start.
It's not even, again, it's not even that they have no talent
in the cornerback room.
It's they just don't have any bodies.
Like they don't have any NFL capable bodies outside of two or three guys.
Yeah, and that's exactly why it is so important
because it's one thing if they were top heavy
and they had two or three studs but no depth behind him and they just needed that it's just it's just question marks everywhere
because again kenny moore you know you like him you hope he can bounce back but that's far from
a certainty he's normally a thousand snap guy for you um isaiah rogers sure but right now like you
mentioned you're looking at dallas flowers and Brown basically being your Isaiah Rogers and Brandon Faison from last year.
So they got to do something.
I think you mentioned really exactly the best two free agent fits for them, especially Shaquille Griffin, Rocky Sin, obviously a different system.
But I think Rock would do fine here.
They need to do that. And then you've, you've actually talked about a lot of corners so
far, whether it's your 30 days of Colts fits your, your prospect interviews, you know, who are,
who are some cornerbacks in the draft that you think would fit the Colts really well?
Yeah. You know, I think the Colts are definitely going to go, or they're going to definitely look
at cornerback in round two. You obviously can't say that they are 100% going to go that way
because so many things change and sometimes you have to go best player available. But
I would say as of right now, if they stick at number 35, Kelly Ringo out of Georgia,
the cornerback there, track star athlete, phenomenal straight line speed. I think he
ran like a 4.36 at the NFL Combine, did a lot of really good things for Georgia last season.
Kind of a limited player you
know he he's not really someone who can turn you know can kind of i want to say i want to say this
in the nicest way like he's kind of stiff he's kind of a stiff athlete he's not this type of
guy who's super smooth and fluid uh but if you get him in those cover three drops you get him
impressed man where he can turn and run and you give him some help over the middle to kind of help
those in breaking routes that he struggles with i think it's a great fit so I think Kelly Ringo
is probably the best overall fit in this draft for the Colts uh Julius Brents is an indie native
super quick feet super smooth player 6'3 200 pounds jumped like 41 inches at the combine
like super explosive he's raw as heck like he is super super raw but his potential is like top
tier corner one day if he can ever get there so that's another guy I like he is super super raw but his potential is like top tier corner one day
if he can ever get there so that's another guy I like and then just after that you know
Ja'Cory Bennett from from Maryland is a superb athlete a really good player Darius Rush is a
former wide receiver turned corner out of South Carolina he's he's a really good player as well so
the Colts have a lot of options that fit kind of their build a Ballard type of mold there at cornerback.
But, you know, I still again, I still think they need more than just a draft corner, even if they take two corners in this draft.
They take one round, two or three and another one in five or six.
Like, I'm not going to look at this cornerback group after that and be like, yes, here we go.
We are set like I feel better about it obviously compared to what they have now but
there still needs to be a veteran in there there needs I mean it doesn't even have to be a high-end
veteran it can be an Xavier Rhodes type of veteran from a couple years ago where it's a guy you're
taking a shot on or a TJ Carey type even just a guy who's versatile and can play a lot of different
positions for you they just need more capable bodies out there at corner and and yeah the draft
has a lot of talent I think Chris Balller kind of does things this way on purpose.
You know,
when he sees that there's a really strong position in the draft,
he waits until after the draft to kind of address it.
If he hasn't in that draft,
because he knows he's going to have a lot of depth there.
So I do think corner will be addressed some way going forward,
but you know,
they got to get something there.
It's,
it is so,
so bare. I know that's what I kind of keep saying here in this segment, but man know, they got to get something there. It's, it is so, so bare. I know that's
what I kind of keep saying here in this segment, but man, I mean, if you look at some of the names
here outside of the top two guys, it's like, I don't want any of these guys playing on defense
on Sundays. Yeah. And as much as, you know, we've said, you know, you need an alien at quarterback
on your side, you know, to win in the NFL, you also have to be able to defend those types of guys as well.
So for my money,
I think the Colts need to add at least two guys who are capable of starting.
They don't necessarily have to be your new starters,
but they have to be capable of contributing and pushing whoever ultimately
does when the starting jobs. So, yeah,
we've seen Chris Ballard double dip or he'll recognize a weakness and just throw a ton of resources at it.
We've seen a couple of different drafts where it feels like they've drafted 100 linebackers.
You know, this could be the cornerback draft for them.
And real quick on Brents, I think he's going to be a guy that in these next few weeks, I think a lot of people watching, I think a lot of people around here in Indy will probably get, you know, learn a little more about is, is a Tariq Wollin. If there's a Tariq
Wollin in this, in this year's class, is he, or are they just different players?
Tariq Wollin is so different because Tariq Wollin was a 4'2 athlete at 6'4", 210 pounds.
Which is nuts.
With phenomenal agility.
It's just, he didn't really know how to play corner, but like, he is one of the greatest
athletes we've seen at the position where Julius Brent's super explosive, super quick
feet.
Doesn't really have that kind of long speed at all.
Like Tariq Woolen was a four twos, like four threes guy.
Julius Brent's is like a mid four fives guy.
Like he's kind of like your throwback like brandon
browner type you know like that kind of guy who's going to beat you up at the line of scrimmage he
can tackle a great run defender he can even move with you laterally in those short areas but you're
going to need a kind of scheme that has a single high safety or has a safety over the top to kind
of limit those long speed issues and i think you know with the colts type of scheme if you can get
him into those cover three drops if you can get him kind of retreating a little bit the line outside of his press
I think he can be fine here but if you're putting him in a scheme that's going to put him on an
island at least early on like you're going to get some Rocky Sin versus Denver moments back in
back in 2019 but I do love Julius Prince like I have him higher than most people do in this class
I think the potential is there to be a really good corner but in terms of the athletic ability i don't see a tariq woolen tariq woolen's just it's still insane
that he went as far back as he's an outlier which is a bummer of course because he should have been
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and forth on this next topic of need that we're
talking about here Jake and uh you you definitely want to go with offensive line depth which we'll
talk about here in a second but for me I also wanted to go wide receiver yeah I think wide
receiver is a big need but let's talk some more line depth I think starter wise it's not
atrocious right I think like you got to kind of count last year maybe as being a little bit of an
anomaly you know the matt prior incident was terrible early in the year or not incident but
the matt prior experiment was was terrible the danny pinter experiment was not good at right guard
once bernard ryman got his feet under him late in the season once will fries got his feet under him
and they started playing well the o-line was fine-ish but it feels
like as of right now with the lack of depth the lack of free agent signing so far at offensive
line they're kind of running it back with a group that was not good last year which is a little bit
concerning especially when Chris Ballard came out after the end of the season and said like I failed
the offensive line I didn't do enough there where it's like i know there's plenty of time like they sell the draft they still have
free agency but like you still haven't done anything there offensive line since then so
i don't know i agree with you putting o-line depth on here just maybe even o-line starters like
how good do you feel about will fries at right guard like i i feel okay about it but like i
don't feel great like i there's so many questions right now with the offensive line and and the back of the depth guys are not very good
at all right now right yeah I was that's my notes here I said you know that the starting five is
fine you know they grew a little bit last year that they got better especially those two young
guys but where is the depth like right now Jordan Murray and Carter O'Donnell are your second team offensive
tackles.
And we know in the NFL health is never guaranteed.
The Colts offensive line has dealt with plenty of injuries in the
past.
When you look at the interior,
it's not really any better.
Danny Pinter is your only established interior depth.
And sure.
We don't maybe like that whole thing at right guard,
but he's been really good as a backup center so far.
So that's nice.
But, yeah, where is the depth?
There are a couple guys there I think they like.
They do like O'Donnell.
They signed him to a contract extension.
Wesley French kind of came along last summer.
Dakota Shepley, I think, was someone who the Cowboys weren't thrilled to lose
when the Colts signed him off of, I think, their practice squad.
It was late in the year.
So that's someone the Cowboys really liked before the Colts poached him.
So sure, there's guys there they like,
but they have to have a couple more established players.
Maybe that comes in the form of a rookie in the first couple days that's capable of
pushing fries for his spot. Or, you know, I really want to see them grab a veteran who has started
before and not just started a couple games. Like they need help. They need insurance in a big way.
Yeah. Like, like a Dalton Reisner type guy who can come in and start from day one.
That's one that makes sense.
Connor McGovern is out there who's played center and guard.
Not the Connor McGovern that signed with the Bills.
There's another one.
There's two Connor McGoverns that are interior offensive linemen.
Not confusing at all.
Yeah, no, no, not confusing.
This one is still available, I promise.
I promise.
But he's still out there.
You know, there's a couple guys out there, but, man, for the most part,
it's like just grab somebody. It's man for the most part it's like just
grab somebody it's kind of like corner where it's like look I get it you want to go into the draft
and then kind of reevaluate after the draft but like yikes right now looking at that depth chart
is a little bit concerning especially a depth offensive tackle as well like we we saw how the
offensive tackle stuff was going last year uh even like Dennis Kelly was
okay-ish when he came in but like bring bring some more bodies in please bring some more bodies in
and uh I wanted to kind of switch gears a little bit to wide receiver though where I think it's
kind of in that same vein where like you feel okay about the starters like you feel okay about Alec
Pierce you feel okay about Michael Pittman Jr. You even feel okay-ish about Isaiah McKenzie.
Like he's at least a guy who's done some good things from the slot in his NFL career.
But after that, it's not really like anything.
Like Ashton Doolin right now is your like, by far and away, your wide receiver four.
Like it's not even close between him and the guys behind him.
Like he's already been handed the wide receiver four if you look at the depth chart right now and I'm not
saying Ash Nguyen's a bad player like he's a perfect wide receiver five or six to have who
can come in as a wide receiver four if there's an injury in front of him but he shouldn't be the
non-contested wide receiver four on your roster obviously again I think they're going to add a
wide receiver in the draft somewhere but I think we're getting to the point with these team needs where we're looking at and saying okay
cornerback they're going to add on day two okay offensive line they're going to add on day two
okay wide receiver they're going to add on day two eventually you're going to run out of picks
like you don't have enough picks to address all these needs they need to do a little bit more in
free agency they need to just kind of do that to kind of solidify the depth
and not go into the draft with so many needs but we'll see i think kind of wide receiver and o-line
are kind of in the same same realm right now where it's like yeah the starters are passable like we
can get by with these starters but like if one guy goes down like we're gonna be killed next season
yeah i feel the same way just like you said said, with the offensive line. I think they
need to add a veteran who's been there and done that. Doesn't have to be an OBJ or a star or
anything, just someone who knows how to get open in the NFL, basically, and then a receiver who's
capable of contributing. I thought they needed someone who is capable of probably stretching
the field at the beginning of free agency. And then they lost Paris Campbell and then replaced him with Isaiah McKenzie, which is fine.
You know, you and I think you and I both like McKenzie.
That's a nice move.
But to me, that's not an equal replacement.
Ashton Doolin, I do like that they resigned him, but they're still missing guys.
Mike Strawn, as much as I have wanted that to become a thing, it hasn't yet.
And it may never,
you know, this is going to be year three. So they need guys, you know, and if the plan is to get a young quarterback, you have to surround them with weapons. And I do think that it's going to be
supplemented a bit with the tight end group, because I think they have big plans for those
guys. It's a crazy athletic, young, really promising group.
So I think that's going to factor into it as well. But like you literally do need bodies at
the receiver position, guys who were more capable of, you know, guys with a higher ceiling than
what they've got right now. Yeah. I will say I'm personally, I'm more inclined to get a veteran
offensive lineman than get a veteran wide receiver.
Like I'm okay with double dipping at wide receiver.
You know, you get your guy early on, get a guy in like round two or three to be your
third wide receiver, be your kind of slot guy, be your deep threat, whatever role you
want to get them in there for.
And then maybe grab another one later to play some special teams and have some kind of
developmental potential.
I'd rather do that at wide receiver than double dip at offensive line in this draft. You know, like I'm cool with taking offensive linemen in this
class, but like get a veteran, get some capable bodies in there, maybe take a guy with some upside
in the draft. But just, you know, it's an offensive line that kind of already has veterans,
you know, just get more veterans in there and just get more experienced play. I think you can
throw more young players at wide receiver than you can throw young
players at offensive line and hope it works. Yeah, we've seen that plan fail miserably before. So
yes, totally agree. So next we're going to talk about the guys most reliant on that offensive
line, which is the Colts current quarterback group, because we haven't talked about it enough.
All right. So obviously this is probably
going to be a little more focused on what the Colts currently have rather than what they're
going to get so right now this is a big need because right now your starters Gardner Minshew
Sam Ellinger is your backup and then Nick Foles is in some weird sort of limbo I mean he still
has some dead cap there's still some possible cap savings
there. I think 1.1 million is what they would get because it's a 1.5 dead cap. So still modest
savings, but does he want to come back? I was kind of surprised he's still there. So let's just take
him off the table and your quarterbacks right now are Gardner Minshew and Sam Ellinger. So
what does that leave you with? We've obviously talked about Minshew. The plan is not for him
to be the starter, but if disaster strikes, he's capable. Very worse. He's a good backup. If you
need him to start at the beginning of the season or whatever it's fine but right now it looks you know as as it is your backup plan is your plan a so that's one of the
biggest indicators that we know quarterback is coming yeah i don't think anyone's trying to hide
it like a quarterback is absolutely coming to indy uh gardner minchu will be the backup
into whoever that quarterback is maybe he starts early in the year, like you said there.
But yeah, Gardner Minshew is not going to they're not going to go into next season with Gardner Minshew as the starter, like as the design starter.
You know, like if maybe there's a young guy like an Anthony Richardson type that has to sit for a little bit to kind of learn the ropes. You throw Gardner Minshew out there to get burned early just so Richardson's not facing some tough defenses and stuff like that.
That's kind of where it might be.
But outside of that, Minshew's the backup.
Ellinger's competing for a roster spot, maybe a practice squad guy,
maybe trade somewhere else.
And like you said, Nick Foles is in some weird limbo
where the Colts don't feel the need to cut him yet
because it's not like he's going to sign anywhere.
He's going to sit as a free agent all season. No one's going to sign him. We saw how his arm looked last year. It's not like he's going to sign anywhere. He's going to sit as a free agent all season.
Like no one's going to sign him.
We saw how his arm looked last year.
It's not there anymore.
So I guess they're waiting in limbo and then they'll cut them when they
absolutely have to,
to make roster space or at the end of camp,
or I don't know.
I don't know what they're waiting for,
but it's not a pressing matter because I don't think either side really
cares right now to address that.
But yeah, as of
right now, Minshew and Ellinger and definitely going to be backups next season. Yeah. I'm not
sure what Nick Foles' future is. If he wants to retire, maybe that's what they're doing. You know,
there's no reason to rush anything. They're just, everyone's coasting on vibes. Maybe that's the
case. But no, at some point that shoe is certainly going to drop. There's obviously more
names floating out there until the Colts draft their guy or this player goes somewhere else.
Lamar Jackson stuff will keep floating out there. I've seen stuff as recently as today.
I think that's a no from us, dog. I mean, personally, I'm for it. I'm all for Lamar Jackson.
Would do it if the Colts weren't in position to get someone at four.
No, I'd do it regardless.
I love Lamar Jackson.
I would do it personally.
It's just not going to happen.
It's not worth talking about because it's not going to happen.
I would love to discuss Lamar Jackson.
You know how many film rooms I would love to throw on Lamar Jackson with Shane Steichen?
Oh, that'd be nuts.
It would be amazing. I'd have so much fun. It'd be my favorite offseason ever, but it's not going to
happen. Like it's not even worth discussing. Like, right. It's not happening. Colts are going to go
with a young quarterback. Other likely non-options, Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, whichever order they go,
whether it's one or two, I don't really see either of them
being there at four. You know, Young's, you know, Young's mentality and his ability to pick things
up and just digest info quickly seems to be blowing people away. And then C.J. Stroud is a
bit of the complete package right now, as it seems. So I just don't think so. That may even
represent in a team coming up to three, which seems less likely than, you know, it seems so i just don't think so that may even represent in a team coming up to
three which seems less likely than you know it seems like the colts and and cardinals like we
talked about the other day that seems like the most likely thing at three but you just never know
the draft is weird crazy things happen um and again another one that's going to keep floating
out there until it happens i know this is your favorite bullet point. Hendon Hooker, not out of the question, but very unlikely.
It's out of the question, Jake.
It's out of the question.
I'm not saying for me, I don't think it's going to happen,
but just like Lamar,
it's going to keep getting brought up until the Colts draft their guy or he
goes somewhere else.
It's just going to happen.
It's out of the question.
I can't wait until the third or fourth pick on draft night,
just so whoever the Colts take, it's not Hendon Hooker,
and we can finally get past this.
Isn't that a bummer?
It's a bummer when you like someone,
but you have to be so staunchly against them because of what they represent.
I know.
I like Hendon Hooker, man.
I do, too.
I have loved the two times I've been able to be around talking to him.
And I think he could be a really good player.
I just don't like him for the Colts at four.
As their planet quarterback.
I hope he defies all expectations, everything with his negative profile.
And he's just a phenomenal NFL player.
But no. No no I'm out yeah so this all boils
down to probably Anthony Richardson or Will Levis I think if the Colts are able to lock something in
to get that third pick especially it feels like it's Anthony Richardson Will Levis again could be
a nice player if I trust him going anywhere with a coach,
Shane Steichen is the marriage there.
But the fallback plan, seemingly,
because Anthony Richardson, that ceiling is just sky high.
When I put myself in Chris Ballard's shoes,
knowing what he likes to do,
there's nothing about that pick that doesn't make every bit of sense.
Yeah, I do again
ultimately think it's going to be Anthony Richardson and I know we end up talking about
this every single day on this show so I know you guys are kind of tired of this but yeah again at
the end of the day I think it's going to be indeed moving up to three for Anthony Richardson
and that's going to be their guy but again I like Will Levis I think Will Levis can be a really good
quarterback in the NFL and and if you know somebody comes in and offers that Carolina Panthers offer to the Cardinals
and the Colts don't want to match it,
which,
you know,
giving up three first round picks when you wouldn't do that for number one
to go up one spot to move up once.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
Like it's not going to happen.
So if Indy gets beat that way,
they're going to get beat.
I think they'd be fine with Will Levis.
Like I'd be fine with Will Levis there at four.
Like he's,
he's a good prospect.
So yeah, I don't think there's really a lose situation Levis there at four. Like he's a good prospect.
So yeah, I don't think there's really a lose situation here between those two guys.
I'm happy with either guy.
And I think at the end of the day,
Indy's going to have their young quarterback of the future.
And everything going forward after that is about
what are the next steps to get this guy to that level,
to that quarterback of the future,
to that franchise quarterback,
which that's going to be the real interesting stuff way way more interesting than this speculative stuff about
hendon hooker and lamar jackson and richardson and levis whatever what's going to be way more
fun is actually talking about how this guy fits with the team and how they can get him to that
next level and i do believe it's going to be either anthony richardson or will levis i just
don't know which one right now like like, like anyone, like anyone speculating,
I have no clue which one, but I feel very, very, very confident. It's going to be one of those
guys. And I feel fairly confident. It's Anthony Richardson. I know you were just dying for the
film room pieces post-pick. Like, yeah, I'm excited. I'm excited for you. Oh yeah. Yeah.
So that is it for this episode of quarterback talk.
We'll be back with you guys tomorrow.
We're planning on being live again about 430.
We're going to be with the host of the Locked On Florida Gators, Brandon Olson, one of the
true stars of the Locked On podcast network.
He's going to tell us all about Anthony Richardson, not from an outside eye like all of us have
had.
He's someone who has covered him day in and day out during his career there at Florida. So we'll be getting finally a
little bit of a different perspective. It shouldn't just be the same thing that us and any of the
other shows have been saying about Richardson. We'll get it from someone who's been there and
watched him for quite a while. Right. And just to add a correction to what Jake said,
it's actually going to be today. You guys listening to this that's a good point yeah you guys listening to
this i think on on wednesday morning it's going to be wednesday at 4 30 p.m eastern time we're
going to be talking with brandon olsen uh so that's we two shows in one day and for tomorrow's
show on thursday we'll probably do like me and hag talking corners just so we can do a little
bit of break from the quarterback talk i know it's all quarterback all the time on here uh i'll grab hag or i'll grab some draft guy and
we'll talk some some corners and now having talking quarterbacks is one thing but him talking dbs his
home position that'll be another i know we're gonna have to really limit ourselves like two
guys we talk about so we can actually make it under the 30 minutes but yeah yeah we'll give a
little break with the quarterbacks here, but yeah, two episodes today.
So this one right now that you guys are listening to,
and then four 30 with Brandon Olson talking about Anthony Richardson,
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