I did not choose any defensive linemen although Malone is a very skilled pass rusher/blitzer. Round 6 pick 216 Alontae Taylor cb Tennessee. Round 5 pick 179 Troy Anderson lb Montana St. Round 5 pick 159 Jake Ferguson te Wisconsin. Fast, will stretch the defense and has pretty good hands. Round 4 pick 122- Jailon Nailor wr Michigan St.
providing much needed depth on offensive line. Another solid lineman who could play guard. Round 4 pick 112- Abraham Lucas ot Washington St. Round 3 pick 82- Jaylen Watson cb Washington St. Round 3 pick 81- Deangelo Malone lb Western Kentucky.
Round 3 pick 74 Trade to Giants for picks 81 and 112. Round 3 pick 73- Jaylen Tolbert wr South Alabama.
Solid lineman who played right tackle at Kentucky but I think he has the ability to play left tackle. Round 2 pick 58-Darrian Kinnard ot Kentucky. Round 2 pick 42- trade down 16 spots and I know that is a lot but we get pick 58, 74 and 82 from the Falcons. This one with trades that I think are reasonable. They love walker so I could see them extending him. Mack is making so little compared to what he is doing. Mostly because hooker was a high pick and already making good money. I think he has a chance before hooker or Wilson. I think if Mack keeps it up this year your going to see him extended. That's honestly another reason why I wouldn't jump the gun and dump JB. Lots of cap space and a high second round pick from the Skins provides a goodly amount of capital with which to add needed pieces should the markets align properly. Good offense, but seems to lack big play ability, which is needed at times. Looks like we'll be riding with a lot of cap space for several years.ģ). We won't be signing many more for a while because there appears to be only one player from the 2017 draft who is worth consideration, and just about every other player is still on their rookie contract for a number of years. The best thing is to just resign our own, namely Kelly. Problem is, we won't really know that until we understand our QB situation better. Normally a team overpays, so the best time to do that is when we are closer to being a SB contender.
Free agency, meaning adding significant players to the team by spending large money in free agency, is a tough one. There are always college QBs coming out every year and I don't know if any QB coming out this year is regarded as a special player.Ģ). He's locked in to a two season contract at a price that keeps him happy and interested, so let him play it out and make a decision when we have to.
I wouldn't want to judge JB on just one season's body of work. But my emphasis is that would seemed to be an incredible storm at the onset of the season, maybe beneficial long term.Īgreed and so far he has shown a lot of improvement I look forward to the rest of the year with him starting we are in good hands.ġ). All of this is contingent on the growth and development of JB. IF JB continues to perform at a starting QB level, the team would greatly benefit and be in better salary cap space than with AL. AL being a 1st round (1 overall) pick would command at a minimum twice as much as JB (Third rounder) salary cap wise. Savings on not over spending could go towards a premiere pass rusher, DB, or WR.ģ) Another point was the money commanded by an Andrew Luck versus JB. With JB signing a 2 year 30 mill contract, this is heavily team friendly and signing a QB (Newton, Dak Prescott, etc) in free agency would command $25-$30 mill/year. From the onset, the Colts remain as the top team with the most salary cap space. Targeting a young pass rusher, Dline, Oline, WR, or even a TE.Ģ) Free agency. Thus we would better utilize the first round and second round picks for efficient and affectively. I mentioned that if JB continues to develop, then the team would be in great position draft time as they wouldn't need to fall in line as other teams would be vetting for a QB selected high in the draft. I don't know what happened to the original thread? However, For those who would like to share their thoughts. So I started a great thread during the KC game and I appreciate the posts that were left.