Colts Draft Series: "With the Next Pick"

[VeveJones007]

https://www.colts.com/video/with-the-next-pick-are-we-going-to-draft-this-guy

First five minute episode of behind the scenes footage from the Colts scouting staff as they prepare for this draft. Nothing earth shattering, but you can clearly hear the types of things that they value: character, leadership, perseverance, ability, etc.

[OneVoice]

I love this team, the players, the staff, the coaches. All of it.

The whole org was a **** show since Polian-Dungy-Manning left.

Ballard-Reich-Luck is something to be really proud of now.

[Luck4Reich]

Good post. Enjoyed that.

[Discflinger]

Second one was kind of meh. Just expected more after the first one.

[Maniac]

Second one was kind of meh. Just expected more after the first one.

Ending was great with Ballard saying "Raise your glasses : To kicking everyone's asses."

[VeveJones007]

https://www.colts.com/video/with-the-next-pick-love-the-process

Here's the link to the second piece in the series.

[YDFL Commish]

Ending was great with Ballard saying "Raise your glasses : To kicking everyone's asses."

Yeah, that was kinda the only part that rocked!

[Brylok]

These are fantastic so far. I wouldn't want anyone other than Ballard running the Colts. Just imagine if they can get similar draft results to last year. Let's GO!

[Luck4Reich]

These are fantastic so far. I wouldn't want anyone other than Ballard running the Colts. Just imagine if they can get similar draft results to last year. Let's GO!

Championship! :cool:

[rcubed]

Yeah, that was kinda the only part that rocked!



I like the part where Dodds said “we won a fucking wildcard game”and clearly was not happy about that



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[Discflinger]

Ending was great with Ballard saying "Raise your glasses : To kicking everyone's asses."

I liked that he was drinking a martini, as well. I only wonder if it was gin or vodka. Unfortunately the citrus says it was vodka.

[VeveJones007]

I liked that he was drinking a martini, as well. I only wonder if it was gin or vodka. Unfortunately the citrus says it was vodka.

That guy can drink fruity cocktails for all I care as long as he keeps churning out successful drafts.

[JAFF]

I liked that he was drinking a martini, as well. I only wonder if it was gin or vodka. Unfortunately the citrus says it was vodka.

I’ll take my Buffalo Trace in a glass and one large ice cube. Hell
With martinnies.

He can drink fruit punch he pulls off a great draft I’ll send him some vodka

[YDFL Commish]

I’ll take my Buffalo Trace in a glass and one large ice cube. Hell
With martinnies.

He can drink fruit punch he pulls off a great draft I’ll send him some vodka

Love Buffalo Trace and Blanton's as well.

[JAFF]

Love Buffalo Trace and Blanton's as well.

Good luck finding a bottle of Blantons

[YDFL Commish]

Good luck finding a bottle of Blantons

So true. I have not been able to find any Blanton's for my own personal consumption. But I travel a lot and have been spending time in Connecticut, where Maggie McFly's restaurant keeps the Blanton's in stock.

[VeveJones007]

Episode 3: You Don't Want to Be Cluttered on Draft Day

https://www.colts.com/news/with-the-next-pick-part-3-episode-recap

Some interesting stuff in this one. The Colts only have about 170 guys on their board even though over over 250 guys get taken in the draft. That tells me they do a lot of winnowing down of the prospect list based on character and player attributes/scheme fit.

“People (are) kind of like, ‘Well, 256 get drafted,’” Dodds said. “I’m like, ‘Yeah, 256 get drafted. But there’s 170 that we would say fit us.’

[Luck4Reich]

Episode 3: You Don't Want to Be Cluttered on Draft Day

https://www.colts.com/news/with-the-next-pick-part-3-episode-recap

Some interesting stuff in this one. The Colts only have about 170 guys on their board even though over over 250 guys get taken in the draft. That tells me they do a lot of winnowing down of the prospect list based on character and player attributes/scheme fit.

Patriots use a similar process.. they find out who 75-100 that are willing to cheat to win and that makes up their draft board.

[VeveJones007]

Rapoport:
Sources: #Raiders coach Jon Gruden and GM Mike Mayock sent their scouts home for the weekend and they are not expected to return by draft time. The belief is they don’t know who to trust and wanted to clear the room.

That's a striking difference vs how the Colts conduct business. I bet we see footage in this series in a couple weeks with the actual area scouts who worked the ground scouting the new draft picks. If I were in scouting, I know which organization I would prefer to work for.

[Dam8610]

That's a striking difference vs how the Colts conduct business. I bet we see footage in this series in a couple weeks with the actual area scouts who worked the ground scouting the new draft picks. If I were in scouting, I know which organization I would prefer to work for.

Wow, the Raiders organization is a raging dumpster fire. It doesn't seem likely that they get much value out of all that draft capital.

[rcubed]

Patriots use a similar process.. they find out who 75-100 that are willing to cheat to win and that makes up their draft board.



dumb.


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[Discflinger]

Really impressed with the last episode. So cool to be in the draft room. Loved how jacked Reich got. Best front office in football.

[VeveJones007]

Really impressed with the last episode. So cool to be in the draft room. Loved how jacked Reich got. Best front office in football.

Reich was so calm the whole time, then he got PUMPED. So cool to see the coaches and front office working so well together.

Also loved Dorsey calling Ballard and Ballard just hanging up on him.

[Discflinger]

"I'm working." Omg, I almost forgot. Hysterical!

[Lawrence Owen]

Really enjoyed the series.
The last one was awesome.
Seeing how the talked about players, and realizing that they got all their targets from before the draft on day 2 was pretty cool.
But makes me wonder why they didn't like Tillery.

[rcubed]

That was interesting watching the inner workings. i liked seeing how they worked through player evaluations and the draft day workings. Makes me wonder what it was like with grigs and pags, i would love to see the contrast.


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[Racehorse]

That was interesting watching the inner workings. i liked seeing how they worked through player evaluations and the draft day workings. Makes me wonder what it was like with grigs and pags, i would love to see the contrast.


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G: Who you want chuck?
P: I want Dorsett.
G: I was thinking TRich.
P: (pounds desk) Dorsett and Morrison!!!
G: only if you let me draft Banner and Basham.
P: Deal!

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

G: Who you want chuck?
P: I want Dorsett.
G: I was thinking TRich.
P: (pounds desk) Dorsett and Morrison!!!
G: only if you let me draft Banner and Basham.
P: Deal!


Ballard was GM on the Banner and Basham picks. Yes, using Grigson's scouting staff but Ballard was the GM.

[Luck4Reich]

Ballard was GM on the Banner and Basham picks. Yes, using Grigson's scouting staff but Ballard was the GM.

Maybe he was seeing if someone from that staff stepped up and was worth keeping? Empowered them to make picks.. obviously not and he made changes.

[Chromeburn]

Ballard was GM on the Banner and Basham picks. Yes, using Grigson's scouting staff but Ballard was the GM.

Banner I believe was a guy who the oline coach wanted.

[VeveJones007]

Really enjoyed the series.
The last one was awesome.
Seeing how the talked about players, and realizing that they got all their targets from before the draft on day 2 was pretty cool.
But makes me wonder why they didn't like Tillery.

Could be a few different things:

1) Perhaps they just had a Rd2 grade on him and couldn't pass up getting another 2nd and waiting to see if he fell to 34.
2) Maybe they didn't see him as a great scheme fit.
3) Maybe he was off their board due to a college suspension and some on-field incidents.

[Racehorse]

Ballard was GM on the Banner and Basham picks. Yes, using Grigson's scouting staff but Ballard was the GM.

Wasn't supposed to be literal. Just a form of hyperbolic sarcasm. Sorry it flew right over.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Wasn't supposed to be literal. Just a form of hyperbolic sarcasm. Sorry it flew right over.

I knew it was in jest - just saying that you could have used some of Grigson's bad draft picks for the post. He gave you many of them to choose from. :D

[Racehorse]

I knew it was in jest - just saying that you could have used some of Grigson's bad draft picks for the post. He gave you many of them to choose from. :D

My mind went blank. That’s why I said TRich, who wasn’t even drafted by us. Getting old has its benefits: you can forget the bad and not just the good.

[rcubed]

G: Who you want chuck?
P: I want Dorsett.
G: I was thinking TRich.
P: (pounds desk) Dorsett and Morrison!!!
G: only if you let me draft Banner and Basham.
P: Deal!

This is how I pictured it
86

[Racehorse]

Really enjoyed the series.
The last one was awesome.
Seeing how the talked about players, and realizing that they got all their targets from before the draft on day 2 was pretty cool.
But makes me wonder why they didn't like Tillery.

Frank was pumped, saying "Four for four!" That tells me that they wanted these four guys, but didn't think that all four would still be there. I was also pumped to see they had Banogu and Okereke as kind of a toss-up, and now they get to battle with each other for minutes, or can share the field together. I know they edited out several hours of discussion to hide things from opponents and to make fans excited, but the excitement from Frank could not have n=been faked.

[Chromeburn]

Frank was pumped, saying "Four for four!" That tells me that they wanted these four guys, but didn't think that all four would still be there. I was also pumped to see they had Banogu and Okereke as kind of a toss-up, and now they get to battle with each other for minutes, or can share the field together. I know they edited out several hours of discussion to hide things from opponents and to make fans excited, but the excitement from Frank could not have n=been faked.

I noticed they edited out the EJ Speed conversation. I wanted to see that one especially after Ballard’s comments on Polian’s show.

[rcubed]

I noticed they edited out the EJ Speed conversation. I wanted to see that one especially after Ballard’s comments on Polian’s show.



What were his comments?




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[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

What were his comments?




The Colts just posted an extensive write-up on EJ Speed on their website. It has some comments from Ballard about EJ and where they plan for him to play in the defense.

https://www.colts.com/news/life-experiences-helped-turn-e-j-speed-into-a-player-with-really-big-upside

[Chromeburn]

My mind went blank. That’s why I said TRich, who wasn’t even drafted by us. Getting old has its benefits: you can forget the bad and not just the good.

He might as well have, we used a first to get him.

[Chromeburn]

What were his comments?




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Ballard said he was going through the numbers on the players about three weeks before the draft. He highlighted Speed noticing he tested out high but they didn’t have anything on him. So he called in Kevin (Rogers I assume, dir of pro personnel) to look at his tape. Kevin came back in after an hour and said Speed was one of the best LBs in the draft. Ballard was like “What?!?”.

Said they dived deep into his background. Said he was a good kid who got caught up in a bad crowd. He said players make mistakes and to remembers these are just kids and kids make mistakes.

On draft day he said the scouts were all arguing for Speed. Said if he didn’t draft him the scouts were going to mutiny and take over the draft room.

[rcubed]

Ballard said he was going through the numbers on the players about three weeks before the draft. He highlighted Speed noticing he tested out high but they didn’t have anything on him. So he called in Kevin (Rogers I assume, dir of pro personnel) to look at his tape. Kevin came back in after an hour and said Speed was one of the best LBs in the draft. Ballard was like “What?!?”.



Said they dived deep into his background. Said he was a good kid who got caught up in a bad crowd. He said players make mistakes and to remembers these are just kids and kids make mistakes.



On draft day he said the scouts were all arguing for Speed. Said if he didn’t draft him the scouts were going to mutiny and take over the draft room.



Thanks. I like that ballard really listens to his scouts but makes them prove their position


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[Racehorse]

The Colts just posted an extensive write-up on EJ Speed on their website. It has some comments from Ballard about EJ and where they plan for him to play in the defense.

https://www.colts.com/news/life-experiences-helped-turn-e-j-speed-into-a-player-with-really-big-upside

Could become a star, but I always have my doubts on players that only get positive press from team websites. They are trying to sell excitement and ticket sales.