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Starting point is 00:00:01 How can the Colts replace Michael Pittman Jr if he leaves this offseason? And who are the perfect complimentary running backs in free agency to Jonathan Taylor? We answer these and much more on today's Q&A episode. 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 Lockdown Podcast Network. Now the number one sports podcast network around today's episode is brought to you by Fandul.

Starting point is 00:00:39 Use your profit boost on an NBA future and get entered for a chance to win 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 Hitcher Resident Film Nerd of Horseshoe huddle.com. And I'm joined as always by Jake Arthur. The boots on the ground over at Roundtable Sports. As we talked about yesterday, we got a billion questions from you guys in our call out for offseason questions. And with us being in the dead period of the off season, you guys are helping

Starting point is 00:01:09 us put together these shows. So without further ado, we're going to dive into more of your guys' questions. We're going to structure it similar to yesterday, talking about free agency, talking about current Colts and just the future with this team, and then talking a little bit about the draft as well to close out the show. So, Jake, let's dive into it to start off with free agency. We got a question from Twitter, AR-1888. Is there a low-end? free agent running back that you could see coming in to spell Jonathan Taylor. And you and I found a couple of, again, these are Spotrack projections on the per years for these guys. But we found a couple guys that make some sense from Brian Robinson projected to make $3 million,

Starting point is 00:01:51 according to Spotrack. Kenneth Gainwell, $2.9 million. And then Tyler Algier, $1.8 million. I don't know about you, Jake, but if Tyler Al Jir is making $1.8 million, I would love to have him in Indy as a backup. I think he would be absolutely perfect behind Taylor. I know he didn't rush over four yards to carry last year, but a powerful runner who can get in the end zone and the red zone and get short yards conversions, sign me up all day, every day for that. But I also really like Kenneth Gainwell as well.

Starting point is 00:02:19 He's been super good, the last couple of places he's been, and he has played under Shane Steichen before. So I think he would be awesome as well. Yeah, Gainwell was just with the Steelers, right? Yeah, he was with the Steelers last year. Very good with them. Yeah. But I really wanted him when he left.

Starting point is 00:02:33 Philly because I thought it was a logical connection to get back with Stuyken. But he went to Pittsburgh. It was very good. And now he's back on the market again. Okay. Yeah. So that is for I was thinking. I've gained well had a really solid year with Aaron Rogers and the Steelers.

Starting point is 00:02:47 And if you can curry favor with Aaron Rogers and you could be one of his reliable guys, I think that says a lot. Well, Rogers can't throw the ball past five yards anymore. So he had to throw it to somebody, Jake. Well, he won't throw it to you at all if he hates your guts. We know that about Aaron Rogers. There's only one target below five yards. and it's the running back until he had to throw the ball too.

Starting point is 00:03:06 I saw him throw some downfield shots there. Okay, okay. But no, Robinson is very intriguing for me. Alger is unbelievable. Like, he should be one of the top running backs on the market overall, not even just like a buy low candidate. But honestly, Algear is like exactly what the Colts have been yearning for since losing Zach Moss.

Starting point is 00:03:28 So I think if they could get him that cheap, they would love to do it. And then Brian Robinson is enough. kind of sneaky one I thought was a good one. Powerful short yardage guy is not going to give you a ton of variety in the ways he runs the football, but that's what the Colts need. They don't need another explosive playmaker. You know, they just want someone to gut out tough yards.

Starting point is 00:03:51 And so these guys, Robinson and Alger and then Gainwell is kind of the passing down back. I think they make a lot of sense. Yeah, no, for sure. Another free agent question here with everyone in their mother saying the Colts are going to make a splash and free agency, I'm going to know what that means. Does it mean resigning just Jones and Pierce and calling it a day? Does it mean signing Hendrickson? What does that big splash mean for the Colts? And that's from Stephen Burton on threads. I don't know if we've talked much about them making a splash this offseason Jake. We've talked about them being more aggressive than what they've

Starting point is 00:04:22 been in like earlier Ballard years. But I think if you call last year's free agency a splash, you know, I think it would be like a little drop in the pool, I guess, this year. I think like they're going to be active, right? They're going to adjust that front seven. I think back Pearson and Jones. I don't think I would call it a splash though because I don't expect them to hand out over 70 or, you know, 60 or 70 million dollars to outstanding free agents out of house, you know, to come in here. So, you know, I think a splash is a little bit less than what they did last year on the open market, but more than what they've done in the earlier. years of Chris Ballard because he knows he has to keep being aggressive in free agency

Starting point is 00:05:02 because like his job is on the line like it was last year when he was aggressive in free agency. Yeah, I don't, it probably is not going to be to the degree of last year, but maybe similar to like 2023, when you saw the bring in Gardner Minchu and Samson Ebukom, like they had some mid-tier acquisitions that they made. now the frequency of moves of a variety in a variety of ways, I think, will be splashy just by the fact they're going to be busy. I do expect them to use quite a bit of their cap space. You know, I do think they'll probably get one hefty player. You know, last or yesterday, I think, I said, I expect them to probably get at least one outside guy that's like 15 million plus per year.

Starting point is 00:05:49 Jones and Pierce, that's expensive. it's not sexy because you've already had them, but like those are big ticket items right there. So you get Jones and Pierce, probably one guy that's 15 plus million, and then the rest of the guys that are smaller tier. Like capable of playing, you're not just filling your roster with like Corey Ballantines and Khalil Herberts, like when they picked up those guys last year. But respectable nonetheless, I imagine they're going to, again, use up a lot of that cap space and some of it created by. by adjusting their own in-house contracts that we've discussed ad nauseum so far this off season. It would be interesting because even last year, we don't really see Ballard do much with contracts in like the $5 to $10 million range per year, right? Almost all his contracts are either 10 plus, like he's breaking the bank for top of the market at these positions, like getting Mooney Ward, getting bind him.

Starting point is 00:06:46 Even Matt Gay was like the biggest kicker contract ever handed out to a kicker and stuff. Jones going almost $20 million, or it's like vet minimum deals. He rarely goes to that mid-tier level of free agency. I've been begging for it for the last like 10 off seasons with this guy for him to do that. So I hope he does start using a little bit more of mid-tier free agency just to get quality players that aren't stars in here, but we'll see what that means. But yeah, overall splash, like I do expect one contract that's like 10 plus on the open market. I don't know if we'll get too much more than that, because again, it's a lot.

Starting point is 00:07:20 expensive to bring back Pearson Jones. And, like, they'll do the things they can to upgrade the front seven, but I just don't think it's going to be like, boom, Hendrickson, boom, Jalen Johnson, whatever's name is from the Chiefs, Jalen Watson, Jalen Watson, from the Chiefs. And then, like, Alante Taylor, like, it's not going to be like, you know, the old Jaguars from eight years ago where they signed every top free agent and still won, like, four games. You know, I don't think it's going to be like that. I think it will be measured aggression because they just don't have a ton of money as of right now.

Starting point is 00:07:54 One more question here for this first segment. On the Pittman replacement note, if they go by in-house committee, could we see them resigning Treadwell in increasing his role? We started to see him get some reps there last year and could his size and frame cover some of what MPJ does in the red zone. Look, LeQuan Treadwell has been a camp favorite of mine the last couple years. I wouldn't personally trust him for that big of a role. in like the real NFL. I think he's the perfect player that's like right in the middle of like he's too good for the practice squad and too good for the preseason.

Starting point is 00:08:27 But he's probably not good enough for Sundays at this point. I think he's a fine like bottom of the roster guy if it came down to that. But I would like to see them go to the draft or, you know, have it be more Ashton Doolin, I guess. I think Doolin has been a better receiver than him the last couple of years for sure. Treadwell is not really the first name that would come to my mind. I think there are avenues just to get another guy in that committee, though, and like in the draft or low-end free agency, I just I don't think I would go to Treadwell for that.

Starting point is 00:08:57 And that comes from Ethan over on Facebook, by the way. Yeah, I'm glad our guy Ethan mentioned Treadwell because I actually just wrote about the Colts Sinha House Free Agents today. I ranked them 1 to 28 in the order of which I consider the urgency to resign them. And I actually wound up having Treadwell higher than I thought. Number one, number one on your list. this, though. It's like year 10 for him over 30 years old, and suddenly he becomes a special team standout. Most special team snaps he's played, had six special team stops, had the,

Starting point is 00:09:27 the best year of his career as a special teamer in year 10. So really solid there. But if you do lose Pittman, not that he should necessarily have a role, but he gives you that security at the bottom of your depth chart to have at least a big bodied guy out there who's going to do what is hold. Now, that doesn't mean you shouldn't go look for a replacement outside for Pittman. Like, we've both talked about the draft. I really like Malachi Fields from Notre Dame, for example. So, like, you still go look in the draft for a replacement for Pittman, but that doesn't mean you just have to completely dump out all the other guys for the bottom of the roster. Again, he's a role player. You need role players, and he's going to play on the vet minimum. You know, if he stays on

Starting point is 00:10:11 the practice squad all year again, cool, he's going to be super cheap. So it's, it doesn't. It doesn't hurt anything, really. Send this to any Vikings fan you know. LeQuan Treadwell is good. Jake Arthur said that on today's episode. But coming up, guys, we're going to talk all about players that are currently on the Colts roster and some of your questions regarding them

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Starting point is 00:11:53 If you haven't already join, you're going to get ad-free audio for us and invite to that party that is our Discord server. Just go visit Lockdowncultz.com. You can gift a subscription as well. Regardless, you can also check out the link in our show notes. So we're going to move on to our next question, which is from the Everydayers Club. At what point of the season should we see the results of this younger and faster effort on the defensive side of the ball that Chris Ballard mentioned? At that point, when will we know if Ballard is still going to be here moving forward? Or at what record, would it be time to pull the plug and just move forward if it is midseason?

Starting point is 00:12:31 So I'm going to kind of manipulate this question, basically, into Chris Ballard has already said they need to get younger and faster on the defensive side of the ball, essentially. number one, how critical is it that Carly or say Gordon sees that effort this offseason? Like, do they go into the season with Samson, Debbiecom and Taekwon Lewis back? Do they, you know, is Jermaine Pratt back? Like, is Zyre Franklin still on the roster? Does he actually follow his words and make this a younger, faster defense? And if he does, and it blows, like if he puts in the effort, but it still blows up kind of like last year did, like is that damning on him?

Starting point is 00:13:14 Yeah, 100%. I didn't know if you were being rhetorical there if you were asking me. No, I would, you know, I legit want to hear what you said because we're like, he's got a very short leash for you and I anyways. Yeah, I will say this. One thing with Chris Ballard is typically when he commits to something in a press conference with us, he usually gets it done, right? Now, the results vary on the football field, but like last off season, what was the big

Starting point is 00:13:41 thing he said at the end of the year when it came to free agency was he's got to close the deals what did he do and come free agency he closed those deals and got some big time free agents in he's talked about positions in the past that they want to get better and they have been priorities for him so i do 100% agree that they need to get younger and faster and i think that's what they're going to do but ultimately i think the results of the thing that matters the most this next season i don't think carly ursay gordon's going to fire him midseason by like no matter what happens because i just don't think that's the way she wants to operate. The Colts have only operated that way once,

Starting point is 00:14:13 and that was when Jim Mersey got into a weird fit with Frank Reich that one season. But aside from that, this is an organization that typically doesn't fire people mid-season. But I think, you know, if he goes all out to be younger and faster and the results aren't there again, I mean, Carly was pretty clear in her end-of-season presser that that's not going to be good enough. So I think at the end of the day, whatever the process is this off-season, the thing that matters the most next year is the results. So we'll see where that goes, though, with that. But I think the results are going to mean a ton for this team next year for the first time in a long time, hopefully. Hopefully. I guess we can only say hopefully, because who knows at the end of the day with the Colts. Next question here,

Starting point is 00:14:54 I'd really like to know the pros and cons of keeping Anthony Richardson. I know majority of the fan base is pushing for him to leave, but I'm not convinced that Riley Leonard gives us a better chance to win while we wait on Jones. And that's over on Facebook from Vernest. I will say this, pros, I think there's still talent with Anthony Richardson. When he's been on the field, it's been up and down, but you've got a pretty stable floor with him because of the rushing upside and because of the big playability. But the cons, there's no future for him here. And you don't want to keep a guy here who knows that there's no future for him here. And especially when he's got, you know, that first round pick pedigree and they can probably

Starting point is 00:15:32 get a better chance somewhere else. You don't want guys here who probably don't want to be here. and I doubt either side wants him here right now. So pros, like, yeah, he could still probably be a fine backup for you. But I think the cons outweigh the pros because I don't think either side wants this relationship going forward. It's like breaking up your partner but still living in the same house because it's cheaper. I don't think that's a good situation for either side, even if it's like, you know, fiscally responsible, you know? And I think that's kind of the situation right now with Richardson. And that's why I think you're seeing more of this push to move him this offseason just because it makes sense.

Starting point is 00:16:06 for everyone involved. Yeah. If you just kind of read the tea leaves from what the Colts have put out publicly, it's the least committed they've ever been to, you know, overly gushing on him like they always have in the past, especially Chris Ballard. And any of the conversations I've had kind of behind the scenes about this situation and what might transpire this offseason,

Starting point is 00:16:32 And this is like it's like the most passive aggressive breakup. No one wants to bash the other side, but no one is firmly saying like, yes, I want out. Yes, we want him got like it all feels very amicable and like we'll see, but so noncommittal, which all leads me to believe like it's done. No one just wants to be the the one that hurts the other side's feelings, but it's it's done. Yeah. Yeah. No, I completely agree. Like, there's just no point in continuing it.

Starting point is 00:17:02 Again, like, in terms of asset management, maybe as an asset, it makes more sense to keep him. But this is also like a people management where you don't want to keep a stale relationship going on just because, you know. So I think it does make sense just to make that move. And then speaking of Anthony Richardson, what's the immediate trade value in draft capital of both Michael Pittman Jr. And Anthony Richardson in like hypothetical trades? And then do you think they use the draft capital to plug the whole? on defense or offense or how do you really use that draft capital and that's from dev on Twitter. I'm going to answer this real quick, Jake, and I'll throw it to you. I don't think

Starting point is 00:17:38 the draft capital is going to be significant enough to where you're going to rely on those picks to plug anything. I think they're going to be just shots on day three because I don't expect the trade value to be much for either of them. Richardson, I think at max you could get like a fourth and that's the trade lance like using tray lance as a guide for Tray Lance got traded for a fourth to Dallas. But that came in training camp when a team was a little bit more desperate. So maybe, but I think more of a fifth. And then Michael Pittman Jr., even though I think the contract is fairly tradable, $24 million. I don't know how many teams are lining up to take on $24 million. And the teams that could realistically take that on are teams that stink and

Starting point is 00:18:21 are going to have top 10 picks next year. So why do they care about a one-year rental of a near 30-year-old wide receiver? So I think they're going to be like two. day three picks. I don't think you're really using day three picks to like plug anything going into next season. Yeah. It's so I think the value for Anthony is kind of varying. Like I think what I've kind of been using really is like a six round base with escalators up to a fourth round based on, you know, certain benchmarks that he might hit. You know, I think especially with Anthony, it will be a conditional pick because with a quarterback with upside, you can't just do a flat round pick. It Like you have to give yourself wiggle room for it to become something more.

Starting point is 00:19:04 So with Anthony, it could be like a sixth with a possibility of a fourth or like a fifth with a possibility of a third. Because like he's a top five pick quarterback after all. But in general, it's going to probably be a day three pick. And that means you wouldn't be able to use him in this upcoming draft. That would be for the next draft because we've got to wait for the conditions to play out. Exactly. Which makes it tricky. obviously. And then Pitt,

Starting point is 00:19:29 Pittman is interesting. I think there are some teams willing to go the veteran route. Like Tennessee is the retirement home for receivers. Yeah, but you don't trade your boy in division. Valard would never do that. No chance. Yeah. No chance.

Starting point is 00:19:46 Well, I mean, I don't know. Crazier things about the chiefs, once Rishi Rice goes to Azcaband, then this next time again, you know, the Ravens are going to need to replace DeAndre Hopkins. Like the bills are popular when we keep seeing telegraphed there. So there are teams that I think would like pit enough to do it. But I still don't think it's going to be any more than a fourth max for him. Yeah, and those teams need more money because the chiefs right now, even with that restructure of Mahomes, are still over on cap space.

Starting point is 00:20:20 The bills and Ravens are around, you know, pretty low as well. That's why I keep circling back to the Raiders, fitting him with Fernando Men's. And they have seven day three picks in this upcoming draft. Replace Jacobi Myers. Right. But then again, part of me is like, they know this is a rebuild. So why do they need that rental? Like, would you just rather take a shot with one of those picks?

Starting point is 00:20:43 So that's where I kind of struggle with it. We'll see, ultimately. I'm still not convinced that Pittman gets traded. I am convinced Richardson gets traded, but it could be like you said, Jacob, conditional. And you don't even get to see that in this upcoming draft. It would be the one after that. So we'll see where this all leads. But coming up, guys, we're going to talk a little bit more about that draft right there

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Starting point is 00:21:59 official sports betting partner of the NBA. All right, welcome back every dayers. We are sifting through the zillions of questions you guys sent us over on social media throughout the week. And we are now building out our second episode based on that. And from the looks of it, we're going to have to do the third one as well. We don't want to leave any meat on the bone here. This next one is from Joshua Brown on Twitter. This is on the draft side of things.

Starting point is 00:22:26 Do you think that Caden Curry from Ohio State is a sleeper pick with 55 tackles and 11 sacks in 2025 alone. He's fine. You know, Curry doesn't really move the needle for me too much outside of like a mid-round pick. Very kind of, you know, edge setting end-coded. You know, it doesn't give you anything extravagant, but he's fine. You know, he was productive in college, I believe took over for JT to him a low while there in Columbus.

Starting point is 00:22:53 So not bad. He had good college production, but I don't know how much I see him jumping out at the NFL level. Look, man, we say Never Scout the house. helmet and I understand that but like so many whiffs from Ohio State at this point and indeed and Chris Ballard's tenure maybe it's just a cursed uh cursed college for him tyquan Lewis Harris Campbell it goes back before ballard action malick hooker like it's a million Ohio State guys just haven't worked out but no I think he's a fine player I think he could be a good mid round pick like like what was the name jack sawyer last year that came out of Ohio

Starting point is 00:23:28 state and went to Pittsburgh and was like a solid versatile player. I think you could get that out of him. So, yeah, I'd be fine with him once we get to like early day three. I think would be a good pick for the Colts. Yeah, not too bad. But yeah, like I mentioned, that goes back beyond Chris, Chris Ballard. You got Roy Hall, the old receiver back then. You got Anthony Gonzalez.

Starting point is 00:23:49 Like they have come, Quinn Pickcock. The Colts is bad. In my brain, he was chronically injured. Okay, because of my brain he was good. He was an outstanding slot receiver for. for Peyton before Austin Colley, but then he just kept blowing out his legs. Oh, okay. Ohio State, and then he does not always work.

Starting point is 00:24:07 Okay, so here's the next one. Do you think that we draft a linebacker or secondary help first? That's from Lancer. I believe we had one similar to that yesterday. But essentially, yeah, I think linebacker is maybe not as high of a value as secondary to, in the Colts opinion, but I think that's where the better players and the draft are. Like if I'm looking at 47,

Starting point is 00:24:32 I think there's a higher concentration of really good linebackers there than there are defensive backs. Now, that's not to say, like there's definitely like safeties I would take there around 47, but I think I'd be more intrigued to get a difference maker in the middle.

Starting point is 00:24:46 Yeah, no, I'll be quick at this because I think we answered something similar yesterday, but I think the Colts would value secondary a little bit higher, but this draft is pretty good linebackers there. It just comes down to where the board is that. I think gun to my head,

Starting point is 00:24:57 I'd say they'd take secondary first, like a safety of because Ballard has this like arrogance about linebacker. I think he would wait for it a little bit, but we'll certainly see with that. Next one from Brian Smelly on Twitter. We know Ballard has largely taken into consideration athleticism and traits in his draft philosophy. With that mind, can you guys speak to where the disconnect has occurred when it comes to getting younger and faster players for Lou on defense?

Starting point is 00:25:24 So I'm assuming when it comes to like the disconnect is just where it was with the players last year coming in to lose scheme. You can have younger and fast players that just don't fit a scheme. Like the Colts did have young and fast players. A lot of them got hurt last year. It was honestly a big part of it. So that's why they had to turn to so many veterans, but also there were a lot of just flameouts in the draft from Juju Brants to,

Starting point is 00:25:47 I mean, Jalen Jones, I think is a fine player. He just didn't fit the scheme at all. Jalen Carlis couldn't stay healthy. Other young players that Bauders drafted in Quitty Pay and all of them just were not very good last year. So it's about getting younger and faster, but still having productivity with those guys as well. Like, you want younger, faster players that can also play on the field and be decent for your team. So that's kind of the disconnect from last year is like they did have some athletes.

Starting point is 00:26:12 They just weren't very good. So that's why they had to fill these gaps with Mike Hilton and Jermaine Pratt and Xavier and Howard. So ideally this next year, they keep adding more youth and speed. They stay healthy for once for the first time in my time covering this. team and they're able to keep that talent on the field. That's the difference between being an old and slow defense and being younger and faster is, again, guys performing, you know, adequately or above adequate, and then staying healthy and training camp will be a big part of it. Yeah, and I'll just put kind of a general bow on it. There's kind of a classic struggle in

Starting point is 00:26:50 draft rooms with the coaching staff and personnel side. The personnel side is usually looking big picture and like down the road longevity of a pig. what will they look like in two, three years? Like this guy could really pop for us then. Coaches want guys that contribute right now. So that's kind of a dance that personnel side in coaching. They have to kind of work together to figure out, okay, what do you need and what timeline? But that's always kind of an eternal struggle on most teams, I would imagine.

Starting point is 00:27:21 This next one is from Twisted Clown on Twitter. This one's fun. I like all the questions in here. I'm going to yell about one, though. Oh, I can't wait for this one. Okay. Aidan Fisher and Elijah Surat from IU are projected third and fourth rounders in several mock drafts. Would you pass on either if available or on both picks?

Starting point is 00:27:41 Let's just start there. So basically, what Aidan Fisher and Elijah Sarat do for you? I wouldn't take either on day one or day two. I know that might sound like a hot take with Sarat. I'm just not a huge fan of his projecting the NFL. I thought he was the third best receiver on. Indiana this past year, which again, might sound a little hot takey. But I just, he doesn't separate much for me.

Starting point is 00:28:04 He's kind of a contested catch guy. He's fine. I think he could be a fine player. Like round four, I'd feel comfortable with him. And same with Fisher. Like Fisher, I think has a great brain and great eyes and great feel a little stiff, not the best athlete overall, but I mean, I would gladly take him on in round four. Like we talked about that Notre Dame linebacker that we liked a lot last year, Kaiser,

Starting point is 00:28:24 kind of that similar vibe where it's like the mind and the eyes are going to be in the right spot. I think they're, that's a good player. So I think, yeah, both of them if they're there early day three, I'd consider them. I probably wouldn't take them top 100, though. I'm with you. I think the fourth is probably the earliest for me. I do like Sarat as like a guy who's like a really good route runner and that's how he wins because I think that translates and I think that lasts in the NFL. Again, Fisher's fine. He's, he's not exceptional in any one area for me other than just being in the right place at the right time and understanding what

Starting point is 00:28:55 sees. But yeah, I'm not really big on either before the fourth round. The next one, I love this for you. Drew Aller has also has also been mocked to the Colts. I don't they say in the third round here, which I guess that's probably about his stock if you look at mock draft projectors. I guess how do you feel about Drew Aller at all at any point for the Colts? There was never a time in my life I would consider him on the third. Like, I have been a Drew Aller, or Aller, whatever he'd call his name. I have been a hater since day one. What a terrible quarterback.

Starting point is 00:29:35 Just a terrible. I would take Riley Leonard last year in round one before taking Drew Aller before round seven. Like, get out of here with this. Give me Jake a quarterback before Drew Aller. At least I know that I could laugh at that one. Drew Aller would just be sad watching him. out there. Absolutely not.

Starting point is 00:29:55 Absolutely not. If the Colts do this, you know what? Actually, the reaction shows would be really fun. So maybe it would be funny. Do not draft Drew Roller. Do not draft him. Oh, my gosh. Please. Round three? Round three?

Starting point is 00:30:11 It's a bit rich. Maybe day four. I would consider him day four, maybe day five of the draft. Before no. Absolutely not. I'll have you know, by the way. My last quarterbacking performance in the Turkey Bowl out here in Brownsburg went very well. I gave it my all.

Starting point is 00:30:29 I even had some productive audibles. So I'm just putting it out there. Hey, probably better than what Drew Aller would do in that turkey bowl. Well, this is hilarious because you know that I will get really hung up on a ridiculous quarterback every year. Get out of here.

Starting point is 00:30:44 I'm a Drew Aller guy. I told you last year I was. Oh, my gosh. Stephen Montez is all over again. Oh, my God. I know. But no. So not to go too much into it, but like Drew Aller is like obviously his body work is not terrific.

Starting point is 00:30:58 But like, he's known for having a really like a Josh Allen level work ethic where he improves every year. I love his physical tools. I love the arm angles. Like I really like where he could go as a player. I like where he could go. He could go to the XFL next year. He did not. I don't even think that exists anymore.

Starting point is 00:31:19 But no, like I want. I wanted what I really wanted after I summer scouted him was to see him have a big bounce back year. Heretic year. He got hurt when it was out for the year and Penn State was dog water. They were dog water with him. That kind of, well, I know what I'm saying. That kind of just put me out on him.

Starting point is 00:31:39 But like, if they go six round or something with him, I'm not going to be mad whatsoever. No, I'm going to be mad. I am a Drew Aller apologist. I'm going to be mad. I'm going to be so mad. But we have one more part of this question. because Twisted clowns trying to bring me back in. Saw some big guy from Texas Tech on several second round, second picks, D-Line guy.

Starting point is 00:31:58 That's Lee Hunter, baby. That's my boy. I love him so much, Lee Hunter. The next Pat Williams, according to a lot of people, the next Dalvin Tomlinson type player. He is so much fun. I think he's what, six foot, like four, like 330 pounds. He's fluid. He's got quick hands.

Starting point is 00:32:15 Oh, he saw him down in Mobile, right? Jake, he was good. He was awesome. stand out for me down there, yeah. Yeah, I love Lee Hunter. I think our first mock draft of the offseason, I gave the Colts Lee Hunter in round two, because I love him that much.

Starting point is 00:32:28 So you won me back a little bit there, Twisted Cloud at the end. You lost me with Drew Aller, but you got me back with Lee Hunter. So learn the name next time, and we are good. That's all we have for today, guys. We'll be back yet again tomorrow with even more Q&As because I don't even think we put a tent in the ones today.

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