Zach Hicks empties the notebook of his final thoughts with just two days remaining before the 2024 NFL Draft.
have so many routes they could go in this draft that it is almost nauseating to go through each and every scenario. So today, I simply wanted to lay out my thoughts on a few of the draft’s biggest talking points for this team.
So, when it comes to trading up in this draft, it isn’t completely out of the question. If a player like Brock Bowers or Dallas Turner are on the board at pick 13 and the Colts get a sense another team might try to jump up for one of them, then Ballard could send a fourth-round selection or something to move up. Ultimately though, that is not his draft philosophy.
Wide receiver is another interesting need to look at. The Colts were notoriously thin at the position last season, with almost every snap on offense going to the team’s top three players on the depth chart. The Colts could elect to add a day one difference-maker early in the draft and relegate Alec Pierce to more of a reserve role, or add a niche player on day three to act as that reserve behind Pierce and the other starters.
Ballard mentioned that the Colts have 19-21 first-round grades in this class in his pre-draft press conference last week. That number likely doesn’t fully encompass how they divide players up within that group, but that does give a good indication of how they view the talent in this draft. That is a fairly high number and it could set the tone for how far the Colts would like to move back in round one to stay in range for a top player.
In the event that the Colts look to trade back on draft day, there are several players that could fall into the Colts-type of player bucket:There are certainly other names to consider depending on how far back the Colts move down in a potential trade-back, but these are the names that I personally have circled to watch for.
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