2019 Draft Class
Think Ballard puts a premium on athleticism? All these guys tested well.
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Don't forget RAS is for nerds and geeks.
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Having guys with athletic ability is pretty good plan. Finding guys with that ability and high character is even better. Throw in many of them are former team captains, leaders.
Ballard has a plan. He's executing it. It's got a short and a LONG goal. Game on. |
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So 6 of the draft picks were guys who played in the senior bowl, and UDFA Penny Hart.
This is what the guy who runs the senior bowl said. https://twitter.com/JimNagy_SB/statu...39898918707200 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeq2avEQa3k
Above are some highlights from all our draft picks. Obviously highlight reels only paint a rosy picture of a player, but still, each one has some interesting film, makes me optimistic - and well, that's all we can be at this point. We'll see what happens. Some thoughts influenced by the video: Ya-Sin: still love the name. Kollman really talked him up as a perfect fit. In the vid, he plays physical, bodies up receivers, and knows how to position himself to make a play. Banogu: Looks like a fighter - when he gets his eyes on a QB he fights through blocks to get there. Not a quick first step though. Campbell: dude is fast, has big play written all over him. That jet-sweep - wow. Okereke: sideline to sideline speed and a thumper? yes please. Willis: not a lot of "big" plays but looked like good form tackling, and quick to the ball. Tell: looks like he's good at reading the QB and being a ball hawk. Speed: Well, he was messing guys up in the highlights, but vs. some real low-tier talent. Green: some actual possibility here as an edge rusher. Barton: had a couple of Biq Q esque pancakes in there. Gotta like that. Patterson: not bad, looks like he could be a heckuva good guard |
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Another interesting fact I think almost all the guys were team captains. And frankly have some impressive resumes. Okereke was an intern for Condeleeza Rice and played at Carnegie hall. Just all high character guys. Speed sticks out a little, but they did their homework on him.
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All of these guys, until you get to the final 2 OL picks, just ooze athleticism. Tell looks like a WR out there. I just can't imagine an offense that has TY, Ebron, Hines, Campbell and Funchess on the field at the same time. TY may never see double coverage again! If Banogu is a LB, then we are now 6 to 7 deep at LB. |
I like Banogu a lot
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Mel Kiper gave the Colts an A for their draft.
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Athletes!!! I can't remember the Colts having this many apparently exceptional athletes on the squad. Not sure how great of football players they all are but damn there are some athletes there. If the coaching staff can figure out how best to use them and teach them fundamentals this could be a crazy good team. It will be interesting (hopefully fun) to watch the development of these guys. I am optimistic with this coaching staff. I let my head think about how I would feel if the previous staff was still here to develop these guys and got fairly sick. I frickin love this staff!!!
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The Colts have signed half of their draft class - 5 of the 10 players have signed today.
LB Ben Banogu (Round 2) T Jackson Barton (Round 7) DE Gerri Green (Round 6) C Javon Patterson (Round 7) LB E.J. Speed (Round 5) https://www.colts.com/news/colts-sig...19-draft-picks |
With no leverage it makes senseç
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Two more draft picks signed today -
S Khari Willis (Round 4) CB Marvell Tell III (Round 5) https://www.colts.com/news/2019-colt...sign-contracts |
Two more draft picks signed today -
CB Rock Ya-Sin (Round 2) WR Parris Campbell (Round 2) https://www.colts.com/news/2019-colt...sign-contracts This leaves only LB Bobby Okereke (Round 3) unsigned from this year's draft class. |
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He remains unsigned. This is not surprising - the current CBA has the least amount of details set in stone for contracts for third round draft picks, which usually leads to the longest negotiations. As recently as May 31, very few third round draft picks had signed (in fact, 26 remained unsigned on May 31). A little less than half of those 26 signed contracts this past week.....so I would expect the negotiations to finish up soon. |
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Apparently they didn't like Banogu at LB, so they are making him a full time DE. |
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Say on a passing down you have Leonard, Okereke, Banagu, Houston, Lewis, and Kenny on the field at the line of scrimmage along with the rest of the package. Who is going to rush the passer and who is dropping. It makes pre-snap reads very difficult, and if the QB is wrong, he starts to doubt what he is seeing and analyzing. Then you have responsibility disguises like what the Rams did against Brady in the SB early. Pretending you are playing man, then breaking off into zone, or vice versa. That gave Brady fits, and if their defensive gameplan wasn't so good, they would have lost. That and he would sling it up to Edelman who was uncoverable. To read something like that you need time in the pocket, and Brady wants to get rid of that ball early. That gave Aaron Donald time to get in his face. The Ravens do this really well, and they were a defense I thought was very scary in the playoffs. Almost their whole D lined up at the line of scrimmage, you had no idea who was doing what until after the snap. They just have no offense and a serious project at QB. If that offense catches up, they could be dangerous. |
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