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Starting point is 00:00:00 Training camp is done and the preseason is two-thirds of the way over. So now it is time to predict the Colts 53-man roster. 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. What up? Thanks for tuning in and making us your first listen of the day.

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Starting point is 00:01:01 He is Zach Hicks. You know the two of us from HorseshoeHuddle.com. I have been your boots on the ground throughout training camp, bringing you the latest. I was there every day. I was there on Saturday for the preseason game. Zach was out there a couple days as well. So we feel pretty comfortable giving you our predictions today. So obviously that's what we're going to do throughout today's show. We'll go through the offense.

Starting point is 00:01:27 I'll kind of list my predictions and Zach will counter with anything he has differently. We'll move on to defense and then, you know, we'll just go from there. We'll go off vibes only. That's what we're doing. But no,

Starting point is 00:01:39 Zach. So obviously quarterback, not much debate there, not much debate. So Anthony Richardson, Gardner Minshew, and I have him keeping three with Sam Ellinger. So the NFL has kind of made it, you know, unnecessary, you know, they've made it so it's a lot easier to carry three quarterbacks now because the emergency quarterback rule. Now, as far as my understanding, you do have to have that, that emergency quarterback on

Starting point is 00:02:04 the roster, but they do not count against your active game day participants. So the Colts can have Richardson, Minshew, and Sam Ellinger, but they don't have to worry about whether or not Ellinger counts for their game day inactive. So having three guys seems to make a lot of sense, especially when you factor in Richardson is probably going to be moving around a lot more than the average quarterback. Yeah, the Sam Ellinger thing, I've done a lot of reading on this rule because I've had people tell me different things, but it basically reverts the rule back to what it was prior to 2020, where your third quarterback has to

Starting point is 00:02:39 be on your 53-man roster. That's why we both have Ellinger making our 53-man roster here. But when it comes down to the game day inactives, they are technically on the inactive list, but only if the two other quarterbacks, the two starters go down, then that quarterback can come in. So it's an added bonus to have a third quarterback. It's not super necessary. If someone predicting the Colts roster didn't have Sam Ellinger make it. I understand, but I think he's done enough in the preseason. He's a quality backup to have, and I enjoy having him on the team. So yeah, I have Sam Ellinger as the Colts third quarterback and have the Colts keeping three quarterbacks yet again going into this season.

Starting point is 00:03:18 I kind of wish he didn't have to take up a roster spot with that, but I mean, it is what it is. It makes sense. Looking at running back it's our already our first kind of wrench thrown into it is jonathan taylor he's on the active physically unable to perform list right now but you know he's what do you do with him do you keep him on pup to start the year that's probably the safe thing to do for this exercise uh but i've got him on here uh jonathan, Zach Moss, Dion Jackson, and Evan Hull are my guys. Nothing shocking. I got rid of Kenyon Drake, Jake Funk, and Jason Huntley, which I mean, a lot of people may keep Kenyon Drake on there. But to me, I think that seems like a pretty safe four. Another part of it though, Zach Moss probably is not going to play

Starting point is 00:04:04 week one because he's got the broken arm. Even if he's back in time, Zach Moss probably is not going to play week one because he's got the broken arm. Even if he's back in time, he's probably got to get a week or so of practice under his belt. Jonathan Taylor, if he's there, sure. But if you're going into it with just Deion Jackson, Evan Hull as your only healthy guys, that's where there's another wrench thrown into it. But for the sake of argument now, these are the guys I feel most comfortable saying will be on the roster. Yeah, I have the same four, but to kind of contextualize a little bit,

Starting point is 00:04:31 the Colts could move Jonathan Taylor from active Pup List to reserve Pup List when it comes down to cut down day. And they don't have to pass them through to the 53-man roster first. They can do that as part of their moves, which would make him be out for the first four games of the season, and then they have a chance to reactivate him after that. So if that does happen, I don't think our predictions would change much. I think we would just put Jake Funk on here instead of Jonathan Taylor. But either way, I think Funk's

Starting point is 00:04:57 going to be a practice squad guy, a guy who they can call up on game day if Moss and Taylor are not available for week one, despite both making the 53-man roster. So I don't think too much changed at running back. I had the same four. But if someone else doing this at home has Taylor going to the reserve pub list and has Funk or Kenyon Drake making it, and that makes a lot of sense as well. Yeah, for special teams purposes is why Jake Funk would be the guy.

Starting point is 00:05:21 Receiver, this is a tough one. You know, Pittman, Pierce, Josh Downs, and Isaiah McKenzie are there. But who comes next now that Ashton Doolin is out for the year? I have it as Omari Rogers and James Washington, which excuses Mike Strawn, Juwan Winfrey, you know, those guys. I think Mike Strawn might be the first surprising cut for some people. But I think maybe he just kind of times up on that. He does really well in the preseason and the summer overall,

Starting point is 00:05:51 but there's reasons there why it just hasn't turned on during the regular season. Amari Rogers, as long as you keep him away from kickoff returns, is fine. He can do some special team stuff as well. Same with James Washington. Washington does some of the dirty work type stuff that Ashton Doolin did. Both of these guys would need to up their participation in, in special teams. Cause they both only have like two dozen special team snaps in general to their name.

Starting point is 00:06:21 But I know Rogers has been playing it Washington. We haven't seen him in a practice yet, but those are my guys. Yeah. I went with Mike strong. I only kept five wide receivers on mine. And that's just because I don't know if the Colts are actually going to cut Mike strong. And when we get to tight end group, there's going to be a tight end as well, where I'm like, I don't know if the Colts will actually cut this guy when we all think they should, but we'll save that for a second. But with wide receiver. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:06:44 I think it comes down to four players. The two that you had make it Mike Strawn and Jawan Winfrey for one to two spots. And if you go special teams, you go with Jawan Winfrey. If you go with athleticism, you go with Amari Rogers or you go with Mike Strawn. If you go with experience, you go with James Washington. So I think the Colts could go a ton of different ways here. I do feel confident saying that no matter what they do with who makes the roster, I think at least three of those guys will still be around with the team in some capacity.

Starting point is 00:07:12 So in my scenario, Strawn's the fifth wide receiver, then you would have a Rodgers and Washington on the practice squad or have a Winfrey and Washington on the practice squad or something like that just to have those guys as game day call-ups if you feel like you need more wide receivers. So I think the Colts are going to be fine with the bottom of the roster wide receiver stuff. It's just, you know, the semantics of who you keep for that initial roster spot. And I had them going strong and only keeping five.

Starting point is 00:07:37 You had them going with two other guys and Rodgers and Washington. I don't think there's really a wrong answer there. Yeah. And I don't think it's a foreground conclusion that strong. Yeah, and I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that Strawn is gone. I could absolutely see them bring him back. But looking at tight end, I've got Kylan Granson, Jelani Woods, Drew Ogletree, and Will Mallory. I just don't, at this point, see much reason for Mo to be on there. He's been hurt for the vast majority of training camp to this point and last year as the number

Starting point is 00:08:07 one guy if he maybe he didn't show out as the leader leading receiving tight end sure but if he was blocking at a high level i could see keeping him but he didn't really do either of those things and i think the colts are higher on these other guys blocking abilities than a lot of people on the outside are. So I think officially they're moving forward with the youth. Kylan Granson, Jelani Woods, Drew Ogletree, and Will Mallory. I think if Drew Ogletree had been healthy throughout all of camp, I would be with you. I don't mind saying Moelle Cox has been super healthy either. But if Drew Ogletree had been healthy the whole time and we'd seen him in these preseason games blocking at a high level,

Starting point is 00:08:44 then I think I would be 100% with you on here and just keep Mallory over Moelle Cox but with Ogletree not playing in the preseason with only Granson basically of all the tight ends actually playing in the preseason I think just they're going to lean towards that veteran that they've had for years even if he had a bad season last year I feel like they're going to go Allie Cox over Will Mallory but personally I would want them to keep Mallory over Mo Allie Cox, but it's kind of that Mike Strong situation where it's like, I just don't know if they have it in them to fully cut him yet. So we'll see what happens with that, but I'm with you. I would keep, personally, I would keep Mallory over Mo Allie Cox for sure. Yeah, that honestly, you make a great point because that's at least one guy who

Starting point is 00:09:21 they know what they're getting there. Moving along to the offensive line, you've obviously got the starting five, Ryman, Nelson, Kelly, Fries, and Braden Smith. I have them with three backups here, Blake Freeland, Arlington, Hambright, and Danny Pinter. Pinter can obviously play center when you need him. If you absolutely want him to play guard, they've done it. But Hambright can play tackle and guard uh Blake Freeland is your new swing tackle so I I'm pretty confident those three are going to be around

Starting point is 00:09:50 yeah I had the same three uh but then I also had Wesley French in there only because the Colts typically keep nine offensive linemen regardless uh but I think you know our last segment on this podcast guys going to be who to target on the waiver wire. I think we're going to talk offensive line quite a bit because personally, personally, this is just me here. I don't know how the Colts feel about this. Hambright, Pinter, and Wesley French, I'd be perfectly fine with not having them on the 53-man roster. It's pretty scary depth. Yeah, it's like I would not feel comfortable with any of those guys playing starter snaps at all this season if someone went down. So I feel like the Colts with their fourth waiver wire spot are going to be looking at the offensive line.

Starting point is 00:10:30 But you guys let us know in the comments section if you're watching us live. If you guys are listening on audio, let us know on social medias what you think so far about our roster predictions. I have nine linemen. Jake has eight. We have a couple differences there. Let us know your guys' differences. Coming up, we're going to switch over to the defense side of the ball and talk all about which defenders we have making our prediction for the 53-man roster. But first, this show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Sometimes in life, we're faced with tough choices, and the path forward isn't always clear. I've said many times on this show when we've talked about BetterHelp, guys, I've gone through a lot of trials and tribulations in my life where I've leaned on therapy and a lot of things like that to kind of get me out of that dark place.

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Starting point is 00:12:48 defensive tackle if you can like just to give that little separation there do you want to start with defensive end here of course yeah so this group was really really tough as well because there's several guys on the depth I could see them bringing or keeping on uh so quitty pay obviously you're keeping him samson abukam dio uh taekwon lewis i have al-qaeda muhammad getting that last step spot which again that gets rid of khalid kareem and titus leo titus leo was a painful painful cut for me because if it was me i would keep him but you look at you look at their defensive end group, and I think they would want someone who they know they're getting, kind of like your argument for Mo.

Starting point is 00:13:31 Because with Khalid Kareem, he's still developing. You don't know. Typhoon Lewis has had a lot of problems with injuries. With Al-Kadim Muhammad, he's someone who has started for you, so you know what you're getting there. So that was really tough cuts for me there. As for defensive tackle, I've got DeForest Buckner, Grover Stewart, obviously. Adetome, Adebore, Eric Johnson.

Starting point is 00:13:56 So that's not a lot of depth there, but you've got Dio who can kick inside. Typhoon can kick inside as well. That means I got rid of Taven Bryan and, you know, McTelvin Aguim and Caleb Sampson, of course. But I don't know. It's tough. You can't keep all these guys. Like, I think defensive line was the group I took the longest chopping down

Starting point is 00:14:20 because, like, I would keep Aguim, but you look at it, Adetome's kind of turning it on lately. Eric Johnson. I think that's someone they're going to be a bit patient with, but like Taven, Brian, I just haven't really seen much there. So that wasn't a terrible cut for me,

Starting point is 00:14:35 but the whole group in general is rough. Yeah. I think a game is, is a prime practice squad candidate. If I, like, I hope he passes through waivers because he's had a really good preseason as well.

Starting point is 00:14:50 I'm hoping that he can get to the practice squad, but, but I agree. I think I like I hope he passes through waivers because he's had a really good preseason as well um hoping that he can get to the practice squad but but I agree I think uh I I agree with most of what you said there with like a lot of the guys you picked I did make a couple adjustments I actually kept five defensive tackles so I had DeForest Buckner, Grover Stewart, Taven Bryan uh just because that explosiveness and that pass rush ability at Atomi Tomi, I kept him as well. And then Eric Johnson, just to have a backup nose tackle as well. And then defensive end, I went a little bit lighter. I kept five defensive ends, Quitty pay Samson,

Starting point is 00:15:13 a book on Dio, Danbo, Taekwon Lewis. And I went with Titus Leo here just because my, I guess my hottest take of the preseason is of all the backup defensive linemen. Titus Leo has probably been the best run defender. And I think when you're looking at depth defensive ends, and especially just across the front front end here, having a guy who's just going to be a solid, solid run defender who could

Starting point is 00:15:35 also have the upside as a pass rusher, I don't really want to lose that. So I want to keep him over an Al-Kadim Mohamed, but I'm with you. I think Mohamed could certainly squeak on the roster. He's another guy where I think, again, it makes sense to have him over an Al-Kadim Muhammad, but I'm with you. I think Muhammad could certainly squeak on the roster. He's another guy where I think, again, it makes sense to have him on the practice squad and be like a game day call up type guy. We have a lot. I have a lot of practice squad ideas. I'm realizing throughout this episode here. But yeah, a little bit different with the depth there.

Starting point is 00:16:00 But I'm with you with when it comes to the defensive line. I think there's a lot of different ways they can go. And even when we get to our last segment here, I'm going to mention a possibility where I think the Colts could even add another person to the defensive tackle group and cut more of these guys we're talking about. So yeah, I do think it's a,

Starting point is 00:16:17 it's an interesting group for sure. Upfront. Yeah. And I kind of felt comfortable going. So an experience at defensive tackle, because they have done it. They have done it in recent years. And honestly, Leo over AQM, as Patrick said, that's not a bad idea.

Starting point is 00:16:32 I'm just kind of gauging the temperature, what I think they might do. But yeah, and painful for me, McTelvin Aguim, I really like what he has done this summer. I didn't like cutting both those veterans. Yeah, Aguim, I'll touch on this real quick because we've got to get to the rest of the defense but like he's been really good this preseason and in training camp but it's just like everyone else has something more going for them when it comes to making it like tave and brian has the bigger contract at a tomy's younger eric

Starting point is 00:16:58 johnson's younger so it's like ah it's tough but i i would in a perfect world i would keep him somehow but i just I don't know if you can at this point. And it is a game. I asked him in the locker room the other night. Yeah. I was like, dude, we talk about, I was like, we talk about you on my show all the time. How do you say your last name? It is a game. All right. So looking ahead at linebacker, uh, Shaquille Leonard's out here, Franklin EJ Speed, duh. Grant Stewart and JoJo Doman I have as my backup linebackers. I really liked what Cameron McGrone started to show this last week. But for my money, Stewart has pretty much locked himself in with a special teams ability.

Starting point is 00:17:37 JoJo Doman is a core special teamer for you as well. And he's also perhaps your, he might be your best in pass coverage among those linebackers. Definitely between him and Stewart he is. So I don't see them keeping a ton of linebackers, but that's the group I see. No complaints. I'm completely in agreement there. I mean, I think Doman's a little bit more on the roster bubble, but I think. I would agree.

Starting point is 00:17:59 Yeah, I would agree with that. I just didn't really see McGrone booting him off. Basically, the top four are secured so i'm with you on linebacker yeah uh looking ahead to cornerback i had a really tough time trimming this group down i have seven corners but they've invested so heavily in it and we've seen promise from each of these guys uh kenny moore daryl baker j., Dallas Flowers, that's your starting three right now. Juju Brandt, second-round pick. Jalen Jones has been one of your steadiest cornerbacks throughout the entire offseason,

Starting point is 00:18:32 spring and summer. Really impressed with him. Tony Brown is your backup nickel. And then Darius Rush, he is the last on the depth chart, I would imagine, of this group, but he's not someone you're getting rid of. He's got to pick six in practice. He got to pick six in the first preseason game. He had four interceptions during OTAs and things like that. They love him.

Starting point is 00:18:56 They're not going to get rid of him. Chris Lamons is going to factor into this somewhat. Maybe he's going to be suspended the first few games, but he's still here for a reason. Maybe they like him enough to bring him back after. But for now, he's not on the roster or won't be come week one. So my big thing, what I think the Colts can do, because I have them keeping six and I had Tony Brown missing.

Starting point is 00:19:19 I think you have Tony Brown on the practice squad and he's your backup nickel call-up guy for most of the year. But then you also have Lamont on the practice squad once and he's your backup nickel call-up guy for most of the year. But then you also have Lamonts on the practice squad once he's back from his suspension. So you have two nickels on the practice squad. So that way you don't really have to roster that backup nickel. That's a smart way to maneuver it, yeah. Right, right. If you ever need to call one up, you have two on the practice squad.

Starting point is 00:19:39 So if someone even grabs Tony Brown, then you have Lamonts to call up if you need it. So that's the way I think they're going to go, because I just don't think you can lose a guy like Darius rush, even though he hasn't had the greatest preseason games so far. So yeah, I have them going six. I had Tony Brown missing and then I had, I would have guys like Brown and Lamont's making the practice squad. Yeah. And then obviously that many a corner, you know, I have four saf safeties which is honestly a pretty standard amount even though there's one or two more you could probably sneak on there at a tough time cutting Ronnie Harrison uh but I have Rodney Thomas the second Nick Cross Julian Blackman

Starting point is 00:20:15 and Trevor Denbo that's my four I'm very very comfortable with that four yeah I think that was a core special teamer I mean and and he can play the nickel, I think. Yeah, I think if you asked me last week when they first brought in Harrison, I've been like, OK, Harrison might take that from Dembo. But then Dembo showed out this past week in the preseason game, had a really good game. And, you know, the team already likes him on special teams. So I'm going to go with that same four.

Starting point is 00:20:39 But Harrison and Henry Black, I think, are prime practice squad guys or just guys to kind of keep around, like on the speed dial or something like that. But I'm with you. I had those four safeties being the four that you make the roster. Yeah, I just don't think it's time for Marcel Dabo yet. Rodney, again, Rodney Harrison is someone very intriguing. Tease Tabor, probably not. But yeah, looking into this with all things considered, Zach and I will go through and point out which areas of the roster we think Chris Ballard might look to tool with the most on the waiver wire after roster cuts.

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Starting point is 00:21:55 to the waiver wires section. So, jokingly in here, I know you know what I'm saying. So, I'm like Ron Burgundy in this. I was going to say, we have the live in here. I know you know what I'm saying. So I'm like Ron Burgundy in this. I was going to say, we have the live stuff here. You had your blip the other day. I had mine.

Starting point is 00:22:13 But no, so we're looking at the waiver wire now. Chris Ballard's always very, very active when it comes to preseason roster cut waiver wire moves, basically. Jokingly on here here i have them going offensive line offensive line offensive line yes i think they have to do it like that depth is pretty scary i don't think they do it to like threaten any starters right now but like they there's gonna be someone that comes up on the waiver wire from another team that they want i can almost guarantee it yeah it's it's really and i think patrick has a really great question here it's like i'd be curious to who would be good enough to pick up on the waiver wire for offensive line that's better than potential depth guys like dalton reisner and

Starting point is 00:22:51 others that are out there i do think a signing like a dalton reisner could still be in the works like i wouldn't completely rule that out uh but the coaches need more quality depth offensive line like i'm not saying that teams are going to be waiving quality players. Like, it just doesn't happen in the NFL now. But, like, I feel like there's more quality than Wesley French and Arlington Hambright out there. Like, again, I'm not saying that there's going to be, like, starter caliber guys out there.

Starting point is 00:23:21 But there's going to be Arlington Hambright. Like, there's going to be better than Arlington Hambright and Wesley French, I think, out there but there's gonna be arlington hambright like there's gonna be better than arlington hambright and wesley french i think out there and right now the colts just need capable bodies because dan skipper is not a capable body uh dakota shepley is not a capable body you know like like these guys are just not even performing well in the preseason what are they going to do against real nfl players if they had to be thrown out there so i think there's there's plenty of opportunities for the colts to at least upgrade in some way it could be signing a guy like dalton reisner who's been out there the whole time it could be claiming uh alignment with their fourth waiver wire spot uh from like the cleveland browns for instance

Starting point is 00:23:57 they have like an 11 deep offensive line that's that's pretty good they have a couple other guys that are pretty good out there and some other teams i know the chiefs have a really deep offensive line as well maybe you could grab somebody who they end up releasing who's actually a pretty good player or you could do what the colts have done the last couple years and it's just trade for a guy who's probably going to get cut from another team your match right or move for this right right your matt prior type move i think evan bain no evan bain they actually traded away but like those those types of moves happen uh at the waiver wire cut down day so yeah i think there's a way to upgrade the the depth on this offensive line without it being like a big splash signing from someone that's out there there's going to be at least more capable bodies than

Starting point is 00:24:39 a wesley french or an arlington hambright uh at least I think that there is like maybe, maybe not, but I just, it'd be tough to go into the season with like, if Quentin Nelson or Will Fries went down and you're rolling on, you're like, you're just kind of waiting for Arlington Hambright to be your, your savior at that spot where he's getting like just bone rushed in the preseason from the interior. Like you just need to have at least a more stable body there.

Starting point is 00:25:06 And I just don't think the Colts have that at all with their depth offensive line right now. Yeah. I think a move on the offensive line is inevitable regardless, but this next one I have running back and a couple of reasons I'll package running back and tight end together for this reasoning. It's because they've turned so many guys in, like there's been so much movement of those two groups this summer that i it'd be hard for me to think that movement just stops once all these guys across the league become available

Starting point is 00:25:33 um but also you know we're looking ahead it's september 10th so like three weeks from now they'll know at this point what's going on with jonathan taylor for week one they'll know at this point what's going on with Jonathan Taylor for week one they'll know what's going on with Zach Moss if neither of those guys is there that gives you Deion Jackson and Evan Hull as your healthy bodies according to this roster prediction you know so they've been so active at that position already this summer that it makes a ton of sense for them to make a move there you know with with week one knocking on the door and having your top two running backs with big question marks. Yeah, I don't hate running back there.

Starting point is 00:26:12 Tight end, I feel decent about the top five guys or top five or six guys that are competing for the spot to where it's like, all right, let's just get those, like the best four in there and just see what they can do. But I'm with you on running back. I think there's been so much turnover that if someone does cut like oh a former fifth round pick that played well in the preseason then yeah i could see the colts grabbing them just for those first couple weeks at the very least especially if taylor goes on to the reserve pup list and you just have

Starting point is 00:26:38 your top two running backs down for at least the first couple weeks then you're going to need another quality guy just to come in there so I agree with running back completely I'd also throw a wide receiver on there like as a low-key one only because again we talked about four guys competing for that last one or two spots I don't think any of them have really claimed it you know I don't think there's there's been really a guy who's come in and like taken those last two spots so if they see like oh here's a guy who could be another Ashton Doolin for us who just got cut by the Jaguars or something like that, then claim them, you know, and get them out,

Starting point is 00:27:13 get them as your bottom receiver and put the other guys on the practice squad and go from there. So I think wide receiver could be a sneaky one there. I don't think it's as much a need as offensive line or maybe even running back, but I could definitely see a wide receiver claim happening for the Colts here. And they've done it before. Again, they've made trades for receivers on claim day.

Starting point is 00:27:33 They've claimed a couple. I think Marcus Johnson back in the day was a trade that they made. I think it was Daryl Daniels for him. So I could totally see a wide receiver move happen just to kind of solidify the back end of that roster. Yeah, I can see that one. That makes a lot of sense, especially like you mentioned with the bottom of the roster, the depth chart not settling itself naturally. So tight end, obviously, you know, we have Woods, Granson, Ogletree, and Mallory, or at least I did. You kept Mo in there as well. That's another position just like running back that has just had so many roster moves done to it during the summer

Starting point is 00:28:09 that it would be surprising for me to say that they're not going to look at it again. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I don't know. We had trouble cutting a seventh corner on here. Right. We had trouble cutting a seventh corner. I know a lot of people are scared of the

Starting point is 00:28:26 young corners going into this season and don't don't get me wrong like i'm a little concerned as well but i'm i think i'm more excited than scared of these young corners you know like yeah they're just exciting like daryl baker jr is exciting when i watch i'm all in for it yeah i i don't want to see a veteran come in and take those snaps. Yeah. Like, look, if someone goes down with an injury and you just need to bring in something or you're like five or six weeks into the season, it's just looking really bad. Sure. You know, get a veteran in there just to make it not look as bad.

Starting point is 00:28:58 But as of right now, I don't think I could be talked into adding another corner or adding a veteran corner because I'm excited to see these young guys play. I don't really want another corner in there because I like these guys enough. Sure, I would get it if they claimed one or if they traded for one just to get a veteran in the room, but I want to see these six young guys that I like. I guess it's technically five young guys I like plus Kenny Moore. I want to see those guys get some real run this year for sure. Yeah, I base this mostly on Chris Ballard. He loves to make moves at cornerback.

Starting point is 00:29:32 Obviously, it's a very young group. They've already said they had been planning to go young regardless, like since the winter. So I don't think they would make any moves to threaten any of like the top four guys or anything but if they wanted a guy who was for depth at the bottom of the corner depth chart but played special teams because maybe one of the guys i've cut in this exercise or we've cut in this is someone who they had critical plans for in their special teams you know just something like that but cornerback is a position I feel like they always tinker with. So I could see it.

Starting point is 00:30:08 They do a lot, but we know that they like these guys. And I think if Jalen Jones weren't standing out because he was a seventh round pick, like you could get away with probably waving him if he weren't having a great preseason and some things like that. And Daryl Baker Jr. didn't have a great preseason or whatever. Then I could see them making that claim for sure but with all those guys standing out um again i i think i think they're gonna feel pretty good about corner i feel pretty good about corner so we'll see we'll see what the colts do there but every day i think that's all

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