Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - Indianapolis Colts: REACTING to Your Mock Drafts Prior to the NFL Draft

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Starting point is 00:00:38 New customers can get two hundred and fifty dollars in bonus bets when your first five dollar bet wins. Hello, everyone. My name is Zach Hicks, your resident film nerd and draft expert over at Horseshoe huddle dot com. My partner, Jake Arthur, is not here today, but we still have a very fun show for you planned out because I asked for you guys to send me your Indianapolis Colts mock drafts using mock draft simulators

Starting point is 00:01:02 before the big day next week. So I got roughly like 90 mock draft simulators before the big day next week. So I got roughly like 90 mock drafts from you guys that I'm going to be breaking down today. So you guys sent me quite a bit. I'm not going to be breaking down all 90 obviously in this one here, but I did grab out like 13 to 14 that I thought really stood out to me. We're going to talk about what I think of the mock draft overall, maybe put it like a letter grade on it and also discuss some of the players in there.

Starting point is 00:01:30 I think it's just a fun way to go through some new players we haven't talked about so far and maybe look at some different scenarios before the big day next week. So without further ado, we have a ton of picks to go through. A lot of players, I pronounce a lot of player names, so let's dive into it. Our first one we're going to be talking about here comes from my friend Patrick over on Twitter. He's sending a really different one here. That's why we're kicking off with this one here with his first pick at 14. He picked Donovan as a rock.

Starting point is 00:01:59 Go, Ed Rusher from Boston College. Second round, Mason Taylor, tight in from LSU. Third round, Tate Ratledge, the guard from Georgia. Fourth round, safety Jonas Sanker. Fifth round, Ty Robinson, the defensive tackle from Nebraska. Round six, we got Shemelle Mondin Jr., the linebacker from Georgia.

Starting point is 00:02:18 And round seven, Trey Wedig, the tackle from Indiana. And PFF is not very high on this because he did this on the PFF mock simulator and they actually do their grades on there. They gave him a lot of low grades for a couple of guys that we've talked up on this show. My first takeaway with this one, Monden's probably not going in round six. I don't know why PFF is so low on Monden. Monden's a very good player there.

Starting point is 00:02:44 And I just I don't see him falling all the way to round six. You know, you get a guy with his pedigree and his athleticism there at Georgia. I see more of a third or fourth round grade on him by the actual NFL. But this is a really interesting mock draft here because Aizu Raku is a player I really like in round one and edge rusher who had so much production last year as one of the best pass rushers in all of college football. He's a guy who I think the Colts would really be high on in a typical draft year. It's just with this draft, they kind of need to get their tight end early. But if you can guarantee Mason Taylor in round two, then you're feeling pretty good about getting

Starting point is 00:03:20 that level of pass rusher in round one. Then to follow it up with a guy like Tate Ratledge in round three, who certainly could fall there because of the injury history in college. He only completed one full season, I believe, avoiding injury in college. So you could totally see that you get a really good third safety and Jonas Sanker is one of my favorite players. Ty Robinson is the perfect Chris Ballard defensive tackle, like by far and away his favorite type of defensive tackle and Trey far and away his favorite type of defensive tackle and Trey Wedig, a big tackle that the Colts would certainly be interested

Starting point is 00:03:49 in. So I really like this mock draft. I'm much higher on it than PFF is. I really like a couple of the players here. And again, like Isuraku would be a pick on day one. We're all like shaking a little bit in our booth being like, okay, what are they going to do at tight end? But if you can get Mason Taylor in round two, I think this mock draft makes a lot of sense.

Starting point is 00:04:07 And I think it's one that I'd really be looking at for the Colts and be excited about. So certainly a big fan of this mock draft here as long as you're getting guys like Taylor and Ratlid. So you're playing with fire a little bit here, Patrick. But I do like this mock draft. And as DSG Goodbar says in the comments, definitely a Chris Ballard style draft. I think this certainly fits the Ballard mold of getting those trench players early, but still addressing that tight end position.

Starting point is 00:04:32 So I do like this mock draft from Patrick. I honestly, I give it like a B plus or an A. I mean, I, I don't really have many like many concerns here outside of PFF, just not liking our boy Monden that we're very high on here on the show. But outside of that very good mock draft here, Patrick, as good as you know, grade you could give someone a potential mock draft before next week. Let's move on to our next one. Our guy Cordell here used a different site. Looks like it's called mockdraftcentral.ia. So if you guys have used that one, let me know what you think of that one here. And obviously he goes with the two ideal Colts picks in the first two rounds,

Starting point is 00:05:09 Tyler Warren in round one, Carson Sweathinger in round two. Then we've got Ed Russia, Braden Swinson out of LSU in round three, Ozzy Trapello, offensive tackle from Boston College in round four, Jackson Slater, the guard from Sacramento State and round five, Jaden Blue, the running back from Texas in round six, Jackson Slater, the guard from Sacramento State in round five, Jaden Blue running back from Texas in round six, and Jalen Smith, the corner from USC in round seven. So obviously, again, at the top of this draft, I think if the Colts could project this thing out perfectly, like the way they really want it come draft day, Tyler Warren and Carson Swessinger is their dream first two picks.

Starting point is 00:05:44 Warren is everything they're looking for it tight end Swessinger is a guy that Obviously Luanna Rumo is enamored with him. He's been the one pro day this offseason It was UCLA pro day and obviously there's just the one big name there on that UCLA defense So Luanna Rumo is very big on Carson Swessinger So I think those would be a home run first two picks there. Really interesting pick there in round three of Braden Swinson, a player who kind of is like the Laotulatu type of mold for the Colts in terms of will the Colts overlook some of the measurables to go for that production. Swinson was a fantastic producer in college,

Starting point is 00:06:19 had a really high pass rush win rate and win percentage. Did some really good things there in college. So I could totally see that right there. And then Ozzy Trapillo, a big, big offensive tackle with sweet feet, good pass plucker. Not exactly the Colts fit, but close to the Colts fit to where I think in round four they'd look at him. Jackson Slater, the Colts really do like him. I could totally see him being a round five player

Starting point is 00:06:43 for the Colts. They are very, very high on Jackson Slater, Jaden Blue, Texas connection. The Colts love Texas. You get that next level speed and Jalen Smith, a good project corner. So again, this is another mock draft where I think the Colts would kind of be salivating over this if this is what they ended up with because those first two picks are really their dream picks. And then you get Swinson there in round three, can be a long-term edge rusher for you. You get that offensive line

Starting point is 00:07:08 depth and you get that next level speed at running back in a project corner. So again Cordell pretty good draft here. Maybe I'm being too optimistic and too positive for you guys here but I'm loving these mock drafts so far. Now again I did curate which ones I picked, so maybe because I avoided, you know, I think Max is in the comments section here. Max sent me like an all kicker one just to irk me a little bit. Like, I'm not picking that one for the show, obviously. So maybe it's because I curated it a little bit here.

Starting point is 00:07:35 But I do like this pick for sure here. We're going to go with Brandon here next. Brandon's got Tyler Warren, obviously obviously in round one, because Tyler Warren I think is the favorite to be the Colts pick at 14. We got a slight trade back in round two to pick up Wyatt Milam, the offensive guard from West Virginia. Then we got TJ Sanders, defensive tackle from South Carolina. Shmelle Monden Jr., the linebacker from Georgia there at pick 109, a little bit better of a pick for him there. Damian Martinez, the running back from Miami at 117, Zoff Frazier, the corner from UTSA, Kyle McCord, the quarterback from Syracuse, Ty Hamilton,

Starting point is 00:08:11 the defense attack from Ohio State and Seth Coleman, the edge from Illinois. A big shout out to Brandon because obviously he's reading my 30 days of Colts Fitts articles there. I think at least like four or five of these guys have been in that article series. Zoff Fraayser one was actually just released today Over there at the site, but yeah another one. I really like here Brandon I think it's it's interesting cuz like Milam I think is going a little high in this mock draft, but I'm fine with him at 48 especially for trading back I'm a big fan of TJ Sanders

Starting point is 00:08:40 I like the athletic upside and what he can do as a pass rusher. Shmael Mondin Jr. We've talked so much about Mondin at this point. I'm not going to go too much into him here. Martinez, I actually think Martinez goes in that late round two to round three-ish range. So that might be a little bit too late for him. Frazier is another guy who's getting a lot of buzz that could sneak into the comp pick range of round three. But round five, I think he could certainly fall there.

Starting point is 00:09:07 Kyle McCord, I think the Colts are uniquely positioned to support a player like McCord because they play in a dome. And really the biggest issue with him is when he's playing in like bad outdoor areas and stuff like that. So you can get him in the dome, get him a little bit cleaner environment. I think he can be a pretty good quarterback. Ty Hamilton, I think is another player who could go a little bit cleaner environment. I think he can be a pretty good quarterback. Ty Hamilton, I think, is another player who could go a little bit earlier, could go like round three or four.

Starting point is 00:09:28 But if you can get him in round seven, more power to you there. And Seth Coleman, I think, is a fantastic like round seven project player for sure. Big fan of Seth Coleman. He actually I just did a write up on him the other day as well. So I like this mock as well, maybe not as high as the other two, just because Milam's maybe a little bit of a reach Sanders. I do like Sanders there, but maybe some other defensive tackles and a couple other players probably valued a little bit weird by the pro football network mock draft simulator here. But another really strong, I mean, look,

Starting point is 00:09:57 if they got this mock draft, I'd be pretty pumped with this mock because if you're getting Monden and Martinez and Frazier and Hamilton like you're coming away feeling pretty good and obviously you get your top guy in Tyler Warren as well. So yeah, we are loving these mock drafts so far. Maybe I'm just going to be super positive today. I think that's the vibe I'm taking. But coming up guys, we're going to keep diving into more of your guys mock drafts and go through the ups and downs downs and we have a couple random players coming up to the round one range with a few of these next mock drafts So we're gonna dive into those here in just a second Alright but ever you guys ever check your bank account wonder Where did all my money go between dining out online shopping and entertainment? It's easy to lose track

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Starting point is 00:11:55 sent me. Again, I got like 90 plus from you guys this past like earlier, just earlier today is when I really put it out there. So I got like 90 something from you guys. And we're going through about 12 to 13 on this because I just can't talk for that long here. But we're going to dive into the next one here. This next one is from Big Blue Football. So Big Blue Football. Again, Tyler Warren in round one, we're not going to dive too much into that. Forty five. We got Jonas Savanai from Arizona, the offensive guard

Starting point is 00:12:24 or tackle to offensive guard. We got Poo Paul in round three at 80, the linebacker from Ole Miss. CJ West, a defensive tackle from Indiana in round four. Round five, Dylan Sampson, the running back from Tennessee. Aneas Peebles, a defensive tackle from Virginia Tech and Connor Colby, the guard from Iowa to round it all out. I will say with this mock draft, I'm kind of torn because Savinaya, Savinaya, I think it's Savinaya from Arizona. I do like him there at 45, maybe not as much as like a Ratledge or some other guys, but I'm perfectly fine with him there.

Starting point is 00:12:58 Pooh Paul, I don't really love for the Colt system. I think he's a good run and chase backer. And I think there's some potential in coverage for him But from what I saw like Ole Miss took him off the field on a lot of past or a lot of like pure passing Downs this past year and when you look at the Colts, they really need a past coverage linebacker and Paul just Didn't really get many reps at it last year. I think he can get there one of these days It's just you know I really would rather prefer again guys like a Mondan or maybe like a Jack Kaiser on day three or

Starting point is 00:13:29 Swessinger who have proven that they can cover in college where Paul is a little bit more of a projection So the day two picks I don't absolutely love here from big blue football, but day three is awesome So it's hard for me to really hate on this because CJ West is one of my favorite players in the draft So it's hard for me to really hate on this because CJ West is one of my favorite players in the draft Ania's people is a guy who I would be perfectly comfortable taking in round four You know because of that pass rushing upside and then Connor Colby is a guard that I'm much higher on than most of people Most of the people who have done this draft stuff. I had like around four grade on him Most most people have him like around six or seven like this mock draft simulator So I'm a little torn on this mock drive a little lower on day two, but I really love that day three stuff

Starting point is 00:14:11 Yeah, big fan of day three. I love the day three and also one of the comments here was You know this draft took two defensive tackles and that might be a little bit much But it's two different defensive tackles people's more of your three tech your pass rusher type guy Where West you can play a little bit more of that one tech and backup nose tackle. So I really do think that this is like if you're going to take two different defensive tackles, take two guys that are very different roles and different vibes. So take guys like West and Peoples and I'd be perfectly happy there.

Starting point is 00:14:41 So another another fun mock draft, good mock draft here. Let's see if we can get some other changes here. Next one is by WizOpIndy and I knew this one would be one of the crazier ones here. WizOpIndy traded out of the first round entirely from 14 all the way back to 34. It looks like he picked up multiple second round picks or like two seconds and a third as well. He picked up a lot of extra picks here in this trade. And at 34, he took guard Donovan Jackson from Ohio State, then took Mason Taylor,

Starting point is 00:15:11 the Titan from LSU, Treyvon Henderson from Ohio State, CJ West from Indiana, Smalmond Jr. from Georgia, Jonas Sanker from Virginia, Jacob Parrish from Kansas State, and Curtis Rourke from Indiana. And he also picked up a 2026 second round pick from the Cleveland Browns, which might end up being like a top, like, you know, 35 pick in next year's draft. So this is probably the craziest one I threw in here just because I thought it was fascinating to see one where somebody traded out the first round entirely. But honestly, it's pretty darn good draft for me.

Starting point is 00:15:44 Again, you get some of my guys like Weston, Monden, it's pretty darn good draft for me. Again, you get some of my guys like Weston, Monden Jr., Mason Taylor, like I'm really happy with those picks there. You get a true difference maker at running back. Now, Henderson's probably not falling to 67 come draft day. I think it's more likely he goes up into like the round one range than falls to 67, but maybe you replace him with, you know, like a Damian Martinez in this mock draft scenario, you get a really good guard in Jackson, you get players like Sankar and Parrish who are really good, you know, day three producers at defensive back. And then you get that second round or next year.

Starting point is 00:16:16 I'm not saying this is what I would do. It's just, man, you're like, you're, you're kind of getting a lot more players here. And I think it's really interesting to get that amount of players. So yes, obviously losing out on that top 15 pick is tough. And I think it does hurt this mock draft here because you're losing the potential of a Jahad Campbell or, you know, Tyler Warren or Colston Loveland, whoever it's going to be in round one. But you're making up for it with quantity.

Starting point is 00:16:44 You're getting so many like quality players that can come in and fill a role for your team that I think it's really interesting. And you're adding, again, a top 35 pick in next year's draft, which might be much stronger of a draft. So honestly, if the Colts did this come draft day, I wouldn't despise that. I wouldn't hate it. It wouldn't be my super ideal pick. Just might move some picks around here. despise that I wouldn't hate it. It wouldn't be my super ideal pick just, you know, might

Starting point is 00:17:05 move some picks around here. But I think this is an interesting one from Wiz, Op, Indy there. Very, very interesting one indeed. Next up we got from Miralem. Miralem, I believe is how you say it here. Again, another one where I think he traded back a couple of times. We got Colston Loveland in round one, round two, Donovan Jackson yet again, Mal Mondin Jr. I think you guys just, you guys, I think I've talked to all of you guys into Mondin Jr. there as that linebacker in like the round three to four range. We got Jonas Anker in round four, RJ Harvey, the running back from UCF in round five, Kyle McCord in round five again, and then a couple of guards late and Marcus Tate and Willie Lampkin. So we've already talked about a lot of these players here, but I want to use this one to

Starting point is 00:17:47 talk about Loveland getting Loveland in round one. I really think Loveland to me isn't like the perfect fit for the Colts, but I think if you, you know, if you're sitting there and like Warren's gone, or maybe you're just trying to weigh the longterm potential of both players, Loveland might have higher potential longterm as a pass catcher and just overall player. So I could totally see a team like the Colts falling in love with a guy like Loveland. And then you're getting some good players like Jackson and Monden Jr. and Sanker. Some of my favorite players.

Starting point is 00:18:16 I think some of you guys are playing up to my favorites with these mock drafts by taking so much of Monden and Sanker. You guys were trying to get those good grades from me. I totally get it. I really like the R.J. Harvey pick there on day three. Willie Lampkin, maybe move him to fullback because, you know, he's like 270 pounds trying to play center, but he was good at it in college. So I don't, he's a hard player to project for this draft here.

Starting point is 00:18:43 But, you know, I think this might have been a little bit much on the guards here, but I do like the overall players added to the team in this mock draft, especially getting, again, guys like Monden and Jackson, two guys that I really like there. All right, let's see another one here before our break. We got one from Brian. We got Jahad Campbell in round one. We have not had a Jahad Campbell one

Starting point is 00:19:05 up here in a minute. So Jahad Campbell, then we got Kevin Winston Jr. The safety from Penn State in round two, Tate Ratledge round three, Ashton Gillette in round four, Benjamin Yurosek in round five, the tight end from Georgia. Cameron Jackson, defensive tackle from Florida in round six and round seven, Jared Harrison Hunt from SMU. And this one man, PFF loved this one on the simulator here. Got eight pluses across the board here. And I think this is one that feels very ballard as well, because you get that blue chip defensive player at the top of the draft. You get just a really steady and like sturdy safety.

Starting point is 00:19:43 Maybe again, you're going to high at safety here in round two when you have two guys on your roster you already like. But Winston, I think, is a really good physical safety that can play a lot of roles for you. You get your guard in Ratledge, Gillette, high end athlete who has very nice physical tools. If you get Gillette in round four, you're celebrating. The only real issue here is

Starting point is 00:20:04 we might have to make some more moves at tight end after the draft. We might have to overpay sending a pick to the Eagles for Goddard or sending a pick to the Raiders for Mayor. Like you can't really go into next year with Eurosec as your main tight end. But aside from that, I do like a lot of what's going on here, especially Jahad Campbell. Like I think if Jahad Campbell didn't have the shoulder injury, I think this would certainly be a very realistic type of draft for the Colts. It's just with that shoulder injury, we don't know how long he's going to be out next year. Will the Colts take Jahad Campbell with him potentially missing, you know, a month or two of the season and being behind the 8-ball. But besides that, I really like this pick. You guys know Jahad Campbell is a top 10 player for me in this draft, so A-plus here. I love Jahad Campbell. A lot of A-plus across the board. Again, I love your guys' mock drafts.

Starting point is 00:20:55 I put a lot of the good ones in here. Maybe next time I'll put some of the awful ones. One person took all Jaylins in his, and that was great. It was like 15 Jaylins with all his tradebacks, so you guys keep sending them in. They're a blast there. But coming up, we're gonna try to finish this off. We're gonna get through some more. I've gone through what, seven so far? Eight so far.

Starting point is 00:21:12 We gotta get through the other like four or five I have in here. So coming up, we're gonna dive into more of your guys' mock drafts. All right, but first, the NBA playoffs are almost here and FanDuel is giving new customers an incredible way to get in on the action. Right now you can join FanDuel and place your first $5 bet. You'll get $250 in bonus bets if your first bet wins.

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Starting point is 00:22:17 Let's see if I have them coming up next. This next one here from Matt, obviously Colston Loveland, Carson Swessinger, Dylan Fairchild, CJ West, Malachi Moore, Corey Kiner, Dante Trader. I really like this one because, again, you're getting an ideal round one and two combination with the tight end in Swessinger. I think Dylan Fairchild's a really interesting round three

Starting point is 00:22:39 pick, very good athlete at guard. And then you're getting some really interesting and versatile day three players in Malachi Moore and Dante Trader Jr. So yeah, a couple of players we've already talked about so far, but again, Fairchild, I think is a new name that I think is really interesting Malachi Moore I'm very high on out of Alabama and Dante Trader Jr. can play some of that nickel and play some deep safety as well. So a really good interesting one here from Matt. We got one from someone called Flux Capacitor, which another new site here. I think this is the ESPN Analytics site

Starting point is 00:23:11 here. It's another interesting one. We got Colston Loveland in round one, Omar Norman Lott, the defensive tackle from Tennessee in round two, Marcus Bow, the offensive lineman from Purdue in round three. And then we get some of the common names after that. Smallmond and Junior, Ty Hamilton, Malachi Moore, and I think it's Jaquandon Jackson, running back from Arkansas there at the end. So again, we have the usual guys there on day three, love the day three picks there. I've been hyping those guys up this whole draft season.

Starting point is 00:23:38 But Omar Norman Lott is super interesting there in round two because the flashes we got in his production in college would say like yeah that is totally warranted of the pick right there. Omar Norman Lott, the pass rushing upside is so good on film it's just how much is he going to be able to do that in the NFL and can he get better as a run defender because you know the Colts are trying to replace Dayo Dengbo and if you're trying to replace Day Deng Bo, a guy like Norman Lott can rush on passing downs and be that Dio replacement, but he's not gonna give you that backup nose tackle

Starting point is 00:24:12 that you're looking for. And that's why I think this mock is cool, because you added Ty Hamilton to it, and Ty Hamilton can be that backup nose tackle. So, you know, Omar Norman Lott, I really like him there. Maybe a little bit too high there in round two, but the pass rushing upside is great with him and then Marcus bow a true five position Caliber offensive lineman who can play center. I think at the highest level I think he can play guard

Starting point is 00:24:35 He can play some tackle if you can get him in round three. I'm pretty pumped about that right there So, yeah, I think this is a good mock draft. I do like Bo. Bo I think is a little bit smaller. So you know, I don't know how much the Colts will value a player like Bo, especially when they already have two centers they like on the team. But again, when you get into round three, you're just trying to get some value. I think Bo in round three is some great value.

Starting point is 00:25:06 So I think that'd be a really good one here. At number 10, we got one from Max. And Max, I am ignoring your other one, but I do like this one here. So we will talk about this one. We got Tyler Warren at round one, of course. Then we got a trade back, a slight trade back with the Denver Broncos to pick up Trevion Henderson. Then we got Wyatt Milam in round three, Ty Robinson in round four,

Starting point is 00:25:27 Smalmundin Jr. in round four, Miles Frazier in round five. A couple interesting players in Fadil Diggs, Hunter Wohler, and Zah Frazier to round it out. Now I believe, Max, if we're going off of the PFF grading system, this is probably like one of the lowest overall graded ones, according to them on the site, probably like the bottom 2% among all cold strat picks on their site. So according to PFF, you really bundled this one here, buddy. You really screwed up with this one, but I'm going to be a bit higher on this one than I think PFF is for you. I personally obviously would go crazy for Henderson in round two. Again, it might be be a luxury pick but Henderson's just a stud and I think he'd be a fantastic RB to hear mylem

Starting point is 00:26:10 I think is the ideal Colts type of tackle guard guy Robinson, very Ballard Mondan PFF hates him I love him. You know, what are you gonna do there? Miles Frazier? I think is a really interesting Round three or four option for the Colts. Just fits so much of what they want. A guy who played left tackle at Florida Atlantic, moved inside with LSU, very athletic, very long arms, very much a Chris Ballard type of offensive lineman. And then Wohler is very similar to like a JoJo Doman that they liked years ago. Zal Frazier, the ideal Chris Ballard in Luan Arummo corner.

Starting point is 00:26:44 So yeah, PFF, they might hate you here, Max, but I think this is good. I think this is pretty good here. I think these are good players. Obviously, Monden were pretty high on them on here too. So a good, good mock draft here. Good mock draft. We have Philippe in the comments here, so let's go to Philippe's mock draft and just rip it apart. But no, Philippe also moved out of round one entirely. He dove back to pick 38 to get Mason Taylor. He also got Donovan Jackson around to Darius Alexander in round three. Andrew Mokuba, shocker there. He took Andrew Mokuba in round three. Smalmundan Jr. in round three as well. Damian Martinez, Kyle McCord, and then Dalton Cooper to round it out

Starting point is 00:27:26 while also picking up New England's second round pick next year. Again, so risky to move out of round one in this draft with the Colts big need a tight end and also just maybe needing a difference maker in general. But if you're picking up like New England's second round pick next year, a top 35 pick top 36 pick next season, and you're picking up like New England second round pick next year, top 35 pick, top 36 pick next season. And you're also just getting this this crazy haul of players from, you know, a guy like Darius Alexander, who can step in from day one and be a fantastic pass rusher.

Starting point is 00:27:55 Andrew Mokuba, who can be this awesome like nickel safety hybrid, just playmaker off the bench. Monden crazy. We're talking about him again, very good player there, Mason Taylor, a day one starting tight end, Donovan Jackson, day one guard, like if you're getting a haul like this, I think it's worth talking about. Now again, will Colts fans on draft night be excited to see the Colts moving out of round one? Probably not, but again, if you're getting like this on day two, I think we could all come to grips with it there. But Philippe, I do think this is an interesting mock and I wouldn't hate it. I mean, again, if you're getting Taylor, Jackson, Alexander,

Starting point is 00:28:31 Mokuba and Montan on day two, I'm not complaining. I'm not complaining whatsoever there. Let's go through two more really quick here before I run out of time and run out of my my ability to speak right now, because I'm struggling without Jake on this episode. We got one from Jacob, not Jake, from Jacob, that where the Colts take Derek Harmon at 14, the defensive tackle from Oregon. Then we go Mason Taylor, Demetrius Knight in round three, the linebacker from South Carolina, Logan Brown, the tackle from Kansas in the

Starting point is 00:29:02 fourth round, Noel Williams in round five, Jarquez Hunter from Auburn, the running back in round six, and then round seven, the super freak athlete Elijah Ponder from Cal Poly, the edge rusher. Man, I really like Derek Harmon. I really, really do. I don't know if the Colts had the luxury to just go and get that best player available at 14 because they have pressing. And this is kind of a must win season for the Colts. But if they had filled tight end in the offseason and maybe like filled linebacker a little bit better in the offseason, I'd be all about Derek Hartman at 14. I think he's going to be a fantastic NFL player.

Starting point is 00:29:40 And I I'm kind of bummed that I can't really consider him at 14 because of that night Bit older of a prospect not the greatest in coverage, but just flies around a big-time thumper You know third round maybe a little bit early for him, but very very good player there Logan Brown really interesting guard offensive tackle type of prospect there at round four Williams competitive corner, so yeah I like this one here. Probably not ideal for what the Colts are going for because again, you probably want, you know, you probably want Warren or Loveland or Jahad Campbell and all that stuff there.

Starting point is 00:30:17 So very, very good there. And then one more. We got Kenan Kosenko, our boy. And this is one that I think could happen. Again, PFF despises Kennan for this one. They hated this one. But we got a slight trade back for Tyler Booker in round one and then a slight trade up in round two for Mason Taylor.

Starting point is 00:30:37 And then we go Damien Martinez, Malmondin, Ty Robinson, Malachi, more South Frazier. So all the usual suspects after that. But I wanted to add this one because if the Colts miss out on Loveland and Warren, which I don't think is likely, but it could happen. I mean, you never know what's going to happen on draft day. I do think that it's very realistic that the Colts go after someone like Booker or Gray Zable or something like that in round one. So if they miss out on getting that tight end in round one, I do foresee them looking at the offensive line and looking at guard

Starting point is 00:31:11 in particular with guys like Booker or Zabel. So I think this is a realistic possibility one here. Again, PFF might hate it. Some of you guys in the comments might hate. I'm trying to keep up with the comments, but I'm trying to hit, you know, all the ones here. But yeah, it is it's a very realistic one because I think at the Colts pivot from tight end, it would be guard in that first round. But we'll see what happens as of today. I think they're going to go tight end with that first pick. But, you know, there might be a crazy

Starting point is 00:31:41 scenario where both Loveland and Warren are gone and then they're stuck with the scenario of Do we take the best guard here with a couple guards that we like up here or do we reach like crazy for Mason Taylor? Which they probably wouldn't do So a lot of things could happen come draft day, but that is all I have for today guys I do want to appreciate yet again You guys sending in like 90 something of these I Hustled through 13 without Jake here and I wanted to get to more, but my throat is on fire.

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