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Originally Posted by rm1369
The existence of a 4th player the Colts rate in the top tier of non QBs made the 6th pick a perfect landing spot on a trade back. The only way Luck factored into it at all is that his arm hadn’t fallen off. Thats the only way the Colts plan for the draft would have changed. I don’t see Brissett factoring in at all. Agree with it or not, Ballard has a long term plan to build the roster. I don’t think the short term QB situation factors in at all.
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that's essentially what I'm saying: between Luck's rehab and Brissett's play (which I do see as an additional factor) the Colts apparently feel confident that QB is one position that doesn't require immediate attention--unlike OL, LB, WR, DB, RB, and DL.
Especially when (at the time, anyway) it looked like Chubb would still be available at #6. And he may still turn out to be, but if not Nelson (or Fitzpatrick or Edmunds) should be.
The most fascinating hypothetical to me would be: what if one of the QB's and Barkley both fell to #6? And what if, as a result, another team made a trade offer that Ballard felt would allow the Colts to add draft picks AND still get Edmunds or Fitzpatrick? (I'm assuming in this scenario that the reason both Barkley and a QB fell to #6 is because Chubb and Nelson both went in the top 5)
that could make things a bit crazy on Draft Day. Maybe the 49ers really like Edmunds...until they look up and see Barkley sitting there at #6 and they offer Ballard #9 and....etc, etc.