Colts 2023 A Time To Change

[ChristianPatriot]

I’ve been telling you all. Ballard has a type. He only drafts athletic freaks.

 

[jamil]

Huge fan, but not ready to put him in Brady company…

Of course not. But, that dude has heart.

 

[BankShot]

I’ve been telling you all. Ballard has a type. He only drafts athletic freaks.

Kind of interesting that CBS sports has his pro comparison as Bernhard Raimann.

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[ChristianPatriot]

DT Adetomiwa Adebawore

Just call him Ade Ade lol

 

[NoStepOnSnekPlz]

Thoughts on the pick?

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Stop me if you’ve heard this song before.

 

[BankShot]

Stop me if you’ve heard this song before.

Sub 4.5 40 yard dash at 6'2" and 282 lbs.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Sub 4.5 40 yard dash at 6'8" and 282 lbs.

6’2” but yeah, unbelievable speed for that size and weight.

 

[BankShot]

6’2” but yeah, unbelievable speed for that size and weight.

Yeah, sorry. That was a typo.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

CB Darius Rush from South Carolina.

And to absolutely no one’s surprise, he’s a super athlete.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

S Daniel Scott.

Say what you want about Ballard, he’s consistent.

 

[rob63]

S Daniel Scott.

Say what you want about Ballard, he’s consistent.

Following the link in your post, you can see each team's RAS scores.

Here are all of the Colt's selections so far:



The lowest are the TE and WR, but even there the reason for their "low" scores are their size. Their speed is still elite.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Irsay said in his press conference that he believes that Ballard would’ve taken Will Levis if all three other QB’s were off the board. Probably would’ve happened via a trade down.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

 

[ChristianPatriot]

 

[rob63]

Generally speaking I agree with Ballard's overall philosophy since players are something of a crap-shoot anyway. However, I will admit to being disappointed that they passed on taking ND TE Michael Mayer and instead traded down. They ended up with a corner a few picks later, which they also needed, but Mayer always seemed like a real difference maker everytime I saw him play.

 

[jamil]

Generally speaking I agree with Ballard's overall philosophy since players are something of a crap-shoot anyway. However, I will admit to being disappointed that they passed on taking ND TE Michael Mayer and instead traded down. They ended up with a corner a few picks later, which they also needed, but Mayer always seemed like a real difference maker everytime I saw him play.

There certainly more to a great football player than RAS. No one ever accused Payton Manning or Tom Brady of being elite athletes. But they were elite quarterbacks. They just had “it”. And I’d take a player who has “it” over a player just because they are outstanding athletes. You can’t teach just any great athlete “it” and “it” is often found in mediocre athletes.

But the problem is, it’s hard to know who has it and who doesn’t. TB was a 6 rounder. Hate him or not, he had “it” undeniably. Brock Purdy is another great example of someone having “it” with no glaringly obvious athleticism or other clues that he’s an elite QB. Mr nobody, 3rd string bench warmer, gets put into a game on bad luck and then puts on an “it” clinic the rest of the season.

So it’s that hard to pick the guys who have it. So the strategy is, pick the high RAS guys and hope at least some of them also have it.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Really good video on Richardson.

There’s a difference between “raw” and “inexperienced”.

Richardson’s not as much of a project everybody thinks he is.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

**whispers** richardson has more poise in the pocket than levis **slowly walks away**

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Always hate losing solid players. He played a lot of good reps for us last year.