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Starting point is 00:00:01 Defensive backs worked out at the NFL Combine last night, and a local kid really stole the show. 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. Welcome to Locked on Colts, part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Now, the number one sports podcast network around. Today's episode is brought to you by Fandu. Use your profit boost on an NBA future and get entered for your chance to win.

Starting point is 00:00:38 a trip to the NBA finals. Play your game with Fanduil, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. Hello, everyone. My name is Zach Hicks, your resident film nerd of horseshoe huddle.com and my final day being a boots on the ground member today, but your typical boots on the ground, Jake Arthur of Roundtable Sports is also joining today as well. Today we're going to go through our typical breakdown of the NFL Combine. We're going to talk about the defensive backs in the tight ends last night.

Starting point is 00:01:05 Wow, they put on a show. We're going to talk about some of the top performance. performers with that. Dive into some of the wide receivers, running backs and quarterbacks that we're excited to see later this evening, later tonight. If you guys are actually listening to this one, we posted on Saturday. And then finally, we're going to close it up with me gushing about this offensive line class and my, I think my 20 interviews I got in with offensive linemen this morning.

Starting point is 00:01:28 I was shoving my way into every scrum to talk to my boys. But we'll talk about that to end off today's show. But Jake, let's kick it off with defensive backs. And I tease to start this show that. the local hero really stole the show. And a lot of people would be thinking that's going to be DeAngelo Pons with his 43.5 inch vertical. And he had a fantastic workout.

Starting point is 00:01:47 I'm not going to deny that whatsoever. But the guy who really stole the show was a player born in Indiana, Dylan Theteman of Oregon, initially went to Purdue, transferred to Oregon for his final couple seasons, 6 foot 201, 31-inch arms, ran a 435 with a 1-5-10-yard split, 41-inch vertical, 10-5 broad, and look the smoothest in all the field drills of all the safeties as well. I mean, Thineman, you had the hot take coming into yesterday

Starting point is 00:02:16 that he's going to be the second safety off the board. He might be a top 15 pick by the end of all this, Jake. It was a hot take among our little friend group for maybe five minutes until Thineman absolutely blew up the field there. And then Emmanuel McNeil Warren, maybe not. Solid workout. Solid workout. work out, but we were thinking freaky.

Starting point is 00:02:40 You know, we were comparing to Nickyman wearing it wasn't freaky, but it was solid. But I think Pheneman has a stranglehold on that second spot now. Caleb Downs didn't work out, but I don't think Caleb is in any danger whatsoever. He's a true like blue chip player. But Fianman made himself a lot of money. He was already in the first round discussion coming into this. Now there's no chance he gets out of it. You know, this is a guy you can do a lot of things with.

Starting point is 00:03:05 He can go up high. He's tough. He's gritty. He can go down low, get his nose dirty in the run game as well. He takes the ball away, tons of range in the back end there, like we mentioned. And, you know, not a problem to put him there in the slot to cover bigger guys either. So Phenomen already his tape showed he can do a lot. But his athletic testing showed that he can probably do a lot at the NFL level now, too.

Starting point is 00:03:29 Yeah, no, for sure. He's going to be out of the Colts range come draft day. But a couple of safeties that are in the Colts draft range, One is Bud Clark, who we've been talking about since the Senior Bowl. Bud Clark got a TCU that is 6 foot 188, so a little bit underweight, maybe more of a nickel and deep safety. Ran a 4-4-1, 153, 10-yard split, 38-inch vertical jump and a 10-7 broad. Tested well, had a good senior bowl.

Starting point is 00:03:54 This is the guy that you really like here, Jake. So Bud Clark, he's kind of been a big winner for you all off-season. Yeah, without question. I thought, like, he kind of shows up a little more broad. 188 was a little surprising, I guess. He plays tough. He likes to, he likes to keep things in front of them. Like, he's not as physical as like a knit cross, but he does like to click and close, whether it's on screens, whether it's in the run game. Like he does like to be involved. But he's also got the range, which is backed up by his testing numbers, uh, to fly across the field and,

Starting point is 00:04:32 and, you know, meatballs that are going, you know, deep down the hash or outside the number. numbers, you know. So he's, he's someone I'm very interested in. I just, I really like proactive defensive backs. And he is definitely one of them. Yeah. And just not to move off the safety too much here, but we have other positions we have to get to. I could probably name all the corners that tested as winners this past week. It seems like every corner tested out of this world. But just to go through a couple of them here, Charles Demings from Stephen F. Austin running a 4-4-1, 42-inch vertical, an 11 foot broad jump. Dalyan Everett from Georgia, I was super impressed with.

Starting point is 00:05:09 Ran a 438-156-10, 3.7.5 vertical jump and a 10-4 broad jump. But honestly, the most impressive thing for me was how he went through the drills. The gauntlet drill looked really smooth and effortless. Some of the field work I thought Dalin Everett was easily the best corner on the field. And then Chris Johnson from San Diego State as well, 6 foot, 193, ran a 4-40, 38, inch vertical, a 10-6 broad, and he was really productive last year at San Diego State as well. So those are the three big standouts for me, but honestly, you could have been watching the event and had more standouts because there were just so many corners that just rocked the combine in

Starting point is 00:05:49 26. Yeah, I have been left quite impressed with Chris Johnson throughout the process. He had a strong week at the Senior Bowl. And I'm not a proponent of the Colts going corner early in the draft, but if they felt the need to do it like if they felt like they were on shaky ground with charbarius ward and they want justin wally to maybe fit a different role eventually chris johnson in the second is would be on my very short list of guys i would find acceptable to go for that early uh big bodied guy got the speed uh he likes to you know he likes to use his hands in coverage whether it's on on the receiver or actually trying to fight the

Starting point is 00:06:29 ball as well. Not a lot of guys are like that. We've talked about, you know, Jonathan Edwards, please turn your head, make some sort of play on the ball. Not a problem with Chris Johnson there. But there is a guy who you floated this idea to me personally, a safety from Kansas State, who I referred to as Diet Bud Clark. He's got a lot of the same strengths. But why don't you tell us what your idea is with BJ Payne out of Kansas State? Yeah, so Vijay Payne from Kansas State, you know, the Colts have been very intrigued in the past about moving a safety to corner if they have the right traits for it. Marvell Tell was one of their big ones.

Starting point is 00:07:04 They wanted to do it with other prospects, but they just didn't end up in Indianapolis. But yeah, Payne came in with a 6-3-206, nearly 34-inch arms, which is absolutely bonkers. And then he ran a 4-4, 35-inch vertical, 10-7 broad. So he has the explosive and the speed skills to match. And I think this could be a couple-year project outside corner to really work. work in and get that height, weight speed that Lou Anuruma was clearly looking for with Jonathan Edwards last year. So look, if he's there day three, and that's the kiss of death for me, I guess recently. If I call a guy, a day three guy I like, they become a day two guy that everyone wants.

Starting point is 00:07:39 But we'll say a day three guy I like here with Vijay Payne, I think could make a lot of sense for the Indianapolis Colts as a corner convert. But before we get out of this segment, there's a couple tight ends we really need to go through. First off, Sadiq from Oregon, Kenyon Sadeek from Oregon, having one of the greatest combine performances of all time. He was already a lock for the first round, maybe a lock for the top 15 now. He blocks his butt off. He's great receiving tight end. Sadiq is awesome. Colts are never going to get him, but I just wanted to shout him out here. But two tight ends that really stood out, very different body types and very different types of players. Eli Stowers from Vanderbilt, 6-3-2-39. So a little bit taller, obviously, but in terms of

Starting point is 00:08:20 his weight like a kylan granson type of build here but we're in a 451 uh 455 inch vertical jump in 113 broad jump crazy i believe those are records for tight ends jake uh definitely the broad jump but yeah the vertical jump 45.5 think about it like this right de angelo pawns jump 43.5 right at 180 something pounds whatever it was yesterday stowers is doing this at 239 he's having to carry 239 45 inches in the air. It is insane. So, wow, what a workout. He was incredible.

Starting point is 00:08:55 And then Sam Roush from Stanford, 6-6, 267, a little bit T-Rex arms with a 30-inch arms there. But ran a 4-7, 38.5 vert, 10-6, broad. Really good blocking tight end as well. So I'm very intrigued by those two guys, especially Roush, though. Like, I've been a big proponent in recent years ever since George Kittle, where if a Guy is a good blocker and he tests out of this world and he's a great athlete, I can teach him how to catch a football in the NFL. They're not all going to turn to George Kittle,

Starting point is 00:09:29 but like if you're giving me the blocking and you're giving me the athleticism and explosiveness, I can work with that. So Rouse checks off a lot of those boxes for me. He does. And the only concern I have is, is the arm length because he does do really well on the line of scrimmage. Yeah. And then, you know, the wham stuff and going in motion and then going into the interior

Starting point is 00:09:49 of the line after the ball. it snapped. So I do worry a little bit about him getting kind of mixed up in the wash, but his calling card already is his blocking. So now that we know that he's got the athleticism, and he's not like a high volume receiver, but he, he's fine. You know what I mean? Like he doesn't, that's not, that's not why you're drafting him to, you know, to be a great pass catcher. But, you know, that's how you wind up with guys like Jack Doyle. You know, you like him for his blocking. You spend a late round pick on him or he's a UDFA and then suddenly, hey, he's kind of a reliable chain mover. That's kind of the same thing I'm seeing out of Sam Roush.

Starting point is 00:10:31 Now he's probably more of a mid-round guy. Like you're probably looking like fourth-fifth with him, I would say. I can't say it. Then he'll become a first-round pick all of a sudden. I say that. I will say, though, the Colts should have pretty good intel on him because who has been right next to him for the last calendar year, really, Frank Reich and Andrew Luck. So whatever Chris Ballard needs to know about Sam Rouse,

Starting point is 00:10:52 he's going to be able to find out from Stanford. Yeah, maybe not Frank Reich. We don't know how that relationship ended, but at least Andrew Luck could give them some insight there. Frank was the intentional one-year interim head coach there. He fulfilled his duties. Right, right, right. Coming up, guys, we're going to transition to talking about the quarterbacks,

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Starting point is 00:13:27 Zach. You got the quarterbacks, wide receivers, and running backs. You got the skill position guys, the fantasy players. The real exciting ones that we all grew up watching on Saturdays. And, you know, the whole reason we love the Combine, you know. So let's start here with some guys that we think are either need to kind of blow up the Combine or they're going to blow up the Combine. Who jumps off the page to you first? Yeah, I mean, starting with the positions that we're not really looking at here as Colts fans,

Starting point is 00:13:54 because quarterback, we kind of know who the quarterback's going to be. Starting running back, we know. But just looking from like a bird's-eyed view away from the situation, Tailing Green from Arkansas seems to be a guy who's going to blow up the combine. The next like Joe Milton, Anthony Richardson type of blow up at the combine as long as he does every drill. But I think the more intriguing one is when we go to the running back position, I believe Jeremiah loves that he's going to do every drill. he's going to do these workouts here, which is rare for a running back going that high.

Starting point is 00:14:21 Like, did we ever get anything on Ashton Genty? He might have done a little bit of his pro day, but he didn't do anything to get the combine last year. Right, but neither does Jeremiah Love. Right. Love has no need to do this. He's purely going to show it off, I think. And I think we're going to see some really, really great numbers from him. Just a solid, well-built running back.

Starting point is 00:14:40 I think he came in at like 215, like 6 foot, like 212, 215 today in his measurements. So a thick running back who, just powerful, runs really well. I'm excited to see what numbers he puts up. And then you have your boy, too, Judarian Price from Notre Dame. We got to see how he's going to test too. Yeah, because, again, I don't think he's going to blow up the combine. I just think he's capable of surprising people at what he'll test.

Starting point is 00:15:04 Like the descriptors of him coming into the draft, I just don't think are really reflective of how he can perform. You know, people seem as kind of just the one cut, powerful back, this and that. like, look, the guy has three kickoff returns for touchdowns in his career. He's got some juice to him. He can beat a guy around a corner. Like, I just think he's going to perform better than a lot of people do. And, uh, you know, that should boost his stock and maybe keep him firmly in places the

Starting point is 00:15:34 widely regarded RB2 in this draft. Yeah, no, for sure. And then when we go to the wide receiver position, there are two very small wide receivers that I think need to test well because you can't be slow and small in the NFL. Tess Johnson last year. Big problem. Right, right. So you have to have that speed to go with your smaller size.

Starting point is 00:15:53 Brendan Thompson from Mississippi State. A lot of people here think that he could threaten the 40 record. He's only 164 pounds, so you better threaten the record if you're going to be that light. And then Zachariah Branch as well from Georgia. And my funny story with him is he walked by me past his podium yesterday. And he was clearly like a head shorter than me. He was shorter than me.

Starting point is 00:16:14 And I was hoping he would come in and measurement. why is it like 510 because that would mean I'm six foot. It unfortunately came in at 58, so I think I verified my 59, 510, whatever I am status with that. But those are two guys who like, if you're going to be 58-177 or in Brennan Thompson, I think he's like 511 164, you have to run fast. And I expect both of these guys to like Thompson. It should be in the 4-2s branch, I think in the 4-3s is where they're going to see with these guys. Yeah, without question because we again, we have seen that torpedo guys.

Starting point is 00:16:46 stock before. I think Tess Johnson went undrafted last year because he was a little guy, you know, under 510, he was like 150 pounds or something, and he ran in like the fives or four, sixes, like way slower than he should have for that size. So those guys, I don't see Brennan Thompson having any issues there. Again, that's, that is a guy who I've heard, if someone's going to break the record this year, it could be him. And then Branch, I mean, it could solidify him into early round status. I know a lot of lot of people like him in the first year rounds i don't know how i feel about that um but you know whatever your flavor yeah there are there are some receivers that are much more cult centric i would say

Starting point is 00:17:27 ted hurst uh is a guy who i've kind of considered to be uh you're not looking to replace alec pierce this year you know we don't think he's going to go anywhere but if you want to add another guy like that um to your roster to replace i mean it's probably going to be a little early but like if Michael Pittman Jr. is gone, if you want to replace A.D. Mitchell, I think Ted Hurst makes a lot of sense there. Malachi Fields, who we've talked about, ad nauseum, I have at least. You know, that I think is a really good Michael Pittman Jr. replacement if you do have to move on from it. Yeah, no, I'm excited to see, I guess what I want to call these receivers are like the long and leggy receivers. And Reggie Virgil, Chris Brasel, and Ted Hurst, like the long, leggy, kind of skinnier type guys. I know, Hurst actually came in above 200 pounds today, which is really good for him.

Starting point is 00:18:17 But these guys who are like 6 foot 4, 190 something, right, that win on the vertical plane. Like, I want to see these guys jump well, show that they're explosive and show that long speed with their long strides because they're going to win on that vertical plane in the NFL. So as long as they can showcase, you know, just that ability to stretch their legs a little bit, get out and get explosive. I think they're going to go well. But two other receivers here that I really am curious to see what their testing numbers look like, because I think their games are really well-rounded and solid, but you just want to have the numbers to verify it as well. But Jeremy Bernard from Alabama,

Starting point is 00:18:52 and then also Dejaun Stribling from Ole Miss. I really like them on film. But again, if you run as like a four-six guy, I don't think either of them are going to, but if you run like a four-six, even if you like the film, you have to go back and say, like, hey, these are hitting historical bads that I try to avoid.

Starting point is 00:19:10 So those are two players, like as long as they hit minimum thresholds for me, especially Stribling being like 210 or I think he's like 205. If you can hit like four or fives and showcase like solid route running and the drills, I feel fine with that. You doesn't have to reinvent the wheel here. Just don't be an outlier for me. Don't make me bet on you as an outlier.

Starting point is 00:19:29 Let me bet on you as a safe qualifier and we'll feel good. Yeah. With Stribling, although I will not get over the fact that I feel he looks like a linebacker, he gives me, he gives me Ashton Doolin vibes. I mean, he's a vertical guy. well built obviously but he loves the dirty work like he is he's got a prowess as a run blocker that's highly regarded in this draft class i mean wide receiver is not a very common position

Starting point is 00:19:55 that you look at and say this guy loves to block uh but he's known as one of the better ones in this class so i see that i say you know what that's he's cut from kind of an ashton dueling cloth and guys like that carve out long career it maybe doesn't look how they hoped when they entered the league but a long career nonetheless being useful in multiple ways. Yeah, I'm excited to see what he can do out here at the combine. But the next up, we're going to talk about my favorite part of the combine. And that is media availability for offensive linemen.

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Starting point is 00:22:02 We are talking, God, I guess it's day five of the NFL combine now, and we went to Zach's favorite portion of the day of the whole event, which is the big ugliest, the offensive linemen, And then the smartest guys on the field, really. You know, they got a, they got a lot of moving parts to be worried about. I'll be selfish here and start out with the guys that I talk to a little bit. So I talked to Miami's offensive tackle number one, but that has no bearing on the Colts whatsoever. That guy's going on the first dozen picks.

Starting point is 00:22:33 But one guy that did really intrigue me is Keelan Rutledge. So he comes in the senior bowl known as kind of like a mauling bear and a nasty guy who's going to finish plays and play through the whistle. Did that at the Senior Bowl as well, you know, pissed plenty of defensive linemen off, as you hope to see there. But then he comes here to the combine. We get to talk to him. You learn a little bit of his background. I asked him, you know, who are some guys that you do like to watch the next level? And he mentioned Quentin Nelson. And so I parlayed that into saying, okay, well, you like Quentin Nelson, have you had an opportunity to talk with the Colts and offensive line coach Tony Sparano,

Starting point is 00:23:13 Jr. And he said he has. He had a formal interview with the Colts, met with Spirano Jr. And just absolutely loved talking ball with him. And I'm not going to lie, every time I have heard a prospect or a player that the Colts wind up drafting that they've talked to Spirano, they loved it. They said like they just really, he's like he's got the player coach kind of vibe. But he just really is good at casually talking ball with these guys and getting a comfort level out of them. So Rutledge, his play demeanor is he's right out of the Quentin Nelson playbook, like the nasty guy that just loves to finish plays. I don't know if the Colts, if it's realistic for him to be a Colt.

Starting point is 00:23:55 I've seen his draft stock be kind of all over the place from second, third round. I think you've seen even like mid-round, like the fourth or so. I don't, I think a team is probably drafting him to compete to be in the starting lineup. I don't really know that they're trying to move on from Gonzalez or threaten his spot in the lineup. But he's a good, nasty player, nonetheless, I do think would fit into their culture on the offensive line. Yeah, no, absolutely. I love Keelan Rutledge, one of my favorite players in this draft.

Starting point is 00:24:25 Top five guard in this draft for me as well. Love the athleticism. Love what he brings to the table. And I was able to squeeze in there and talk with him a little bit, too. And he also reiterated his love for Quentin Nelson. I believe one of the quotes he said about Quentin Nelson was, just the way that he goes all the way down the field and picks up players after plays. So it'll be a 20-yard run and he'll pick up a player off the ground. That was something

Starting point is 00:24:51 that Rutledge really loved. And I just love his demeanor, too, that he gave us, very, like, killer vibes essentially in it. And you just love that out of your offensive linemen. But, yeah, I was able to get in there with quite a few offensive linemen, this one. A lot of my favorite players in the draft. And, you know, just get to know these guys a little bit is really fun. I think probably one of the ones that stood out the most to me is a player who I've found equally fun and frustrating on film and not really to his fault, but that's Tray Zune from Texas A&M, where in games this year, they were flipping him from left tackle to center multiple times, right? From left tackle center, left tackle center had games where he would have 80% center

Starting point is 00:25:30 snaps. Other games were 100% left tackle. Other games were 50-50. And I asked him, I was like, that is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. I'm sorry. Like, that is weird. Why did that happened and he kind of went into how he ended up getting some center time and how he talked to his coaches in the spring about how he almost went to the draft last year and the coach and all the feedback he got was that his arms were too short and he so he wanted to work more on the interior and this was a way that they found where it's like hey we still want to keep you at left tackle you're a darn good left tackle for us but let's get you those center reps that you need and for me as an evaluator i now get to see him at center and i think he's massively embedded like i think he's much better

Starting point is 00:26:09 at center than left guard or left tackle and that's such a great thing to see as an evaluator you can you don't have to do full projection you could see what he can do another really fun aspect is I asked all of these offensive alignment I talked to what their favorite running plays were in college and you know the the plays went from duo for the interior guys the tackles love pulling all of them love pulling and getting out in space so pinpole runs chase bassantis the guard from texanm love counter runs and the ones where he got to the edge and got to DeCleat guys, very fun ones for him. But I think my favorite aspect of that question is when I asked teammates the same

Starting point is 00:26:46 question and I told them about what their other teammates said. So with Trey Zune, right, I told him what Chase said about the counter blocks. And he said, of course Chase would say that where he gets to get out in front. He's like, I like that stuff too, but I also like when I get out in front, you know, when I get to be the puller out in front. Same thing with Jake Slaughter, the Florida Center. Austin Barber, the Florida left tackle. I told Barber what Slaughter said, and he was like, yeah, of course, he would say zone.

Starting point is 00:27:12 The zone stuff was fun, but I also loved just getting out wide and getting out in front of people as well. So it was cool seeing the difference of opinions across the player, see how they would light up thinking about their favorite plays. And big shout out, too, to Kansas State Center Sam Hect, who actually gave me the direct play call that they had in college. I think it was like 48 Cardinal, I believe I'll have to go back to my notes and see. but getting like the direct call in the playbook, I thought was really fun. But yeah, just great stuff across the board. You got to learn a lot about a lot of these guys. Certain players, I also picked their minds about like how they approach certain situations,

Starting point is 00:27:48 how they added aspects to their game. Austin Barber from Florida, the left tackle there. I talked about how he added the propensity just to kind of knock guys' arms down when they're leaning on him and how you develop that comfortability as an offensive lineman to take your hands off a player for a second and punch down and leave yourself vulnerable while you are kind of working that way. And he gave a great answer on how the coaches worked with him and worked with him and how it became more of a counter than like a constant go-to for him, but still a good counter to use. So yeah, as you guys can tell here, I've been going for like four or five

Starting point is 00:28:20 minutes talking about my offensive lineman. I adore talking to offensive linemen. I think they're some of the smartest people in the sport. And they just are so articulate with how they break down a certain aspect to their game and then you also get the violence and like the the love of contact in all that too like it is truly the my favorite position group to talk to and analyze and study uh and i think the group down here is as good as any i've seen maybe not as many top guys but uh the depth and just the quality of people and the quality of minds i think is is incredible to see yeah and i'll add another guide to the fray here it just from a colts perspective because i feel like i heard someone say six foot nine for Travis Burke.

Starting point is 00:29:03 Yes. Like, gee, J, my God, that's insane. But the Colts have been going for like literally the power forwards lately. These like late round projected guys that like touch the ceiling with the top of their head essentially. But Travis Burke out of Memphis, he also had an official formal meeting with the Colts as well,

Starting point is 00:29:21 which makes a lot of sense when I was tracking those things last year. I lost count of how many six, seven plus. offensive tackles who are like late round don't you dare who are like late round UDFA priority guys and they love to work on those guys they have the jack wilson's the luke tanuta's uh blake free those guys are there are towers you know what i mean and so keeping out on travis burke is a late round guy for them yeah Travis burke probably my favorite question i was able to ask a player it was i'm proud of yeah i will say i went up to him and i said hey i was watching some of your film and i got to be

Starting point is 00:29:58 honest, you're an a-hole on film. And when I said that, his immediate response was, yes, sir, I am. So he didn't take it offensively. He rolled with it. And then when I parlayed it into a real question about how he's a physical player, he went into, it's just the name of the game for him. So yeah, Burke is a player that I really like, again, fourth or fifth round. If we're going earlier than that, I'm out. But if we can get into like the fifth round for him, I think there's a lot of good traits to work with. I think, one, he looks like Jaylen Travis too, which is really funny. But I think he would be a really good competitive swing tackle in camp.

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