From NFL.com by Chad Reuter whom I like (located
here).
Quote:
PICK 26 Dexter Lawrence - DT
School: Clemson | Year: Junior
GM Chris Ballard says his team must continue to improve up front. Lawrence will be tough to move from the middle of the Colts' D-line.
PICK 34 Nasir Adderley - S
School: Delaware | Year: Senior
Adderley would be a good replacement if Clayton Geathers leaves as a free agent.
PICK 59 Amani Oruwariye - CB
School: Penn State | Year: Senior (RS)
Pierre Desir will get top-dollar value as a free agent, so the Colts may tap a second-round prospect to fill his shoes.
PICK 89 Anthony Johnson - WR
School: Buffalo | Year: Senior (RS)
Andrew Luck needs more reliable receivers when teams bracket T.Y. Hilton. Johnson should become just that for the Colts, as he is one of the more pro-ready pass catchers in the class.
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Lawrence is a no brainer for me; I love that kids potential in the middle to dominate for years to come. His "A game" is very good. Teamed up with Hunt, Autry and Lewis in rotation? That is a DT position group to like.
Depending on what we do in free agency; even if we land Collins or Amos for Safety, I would be all for drafting a kid of Adderley's potential. You cannot have too many good safeties in today's pass happy league to help cover the slot AND support the run. The biggest knock on him in draft profiles seems to be some read/recognition skills at deep safety but as Safety-3 for the first couple of seasons, he would be playing a whole lot more short zone/man coverage on TEs/RBs and have time to develop that skill. I like his bio.
CB is thin to me with only Moore and Wilson on the roste that I have confidence in. Again, even if we sign a CB free agent, I would be all for taking a kid like Oruwariye. Kid seems built to play in a zone as a quote from his NFL.com draft bio states "When all factors are considered, he'll be considered a scheme fit for zone-heavy teams who covet physicality in press." Love it.
And, again, a WR in the 3rd can only help as we SO need to find a WR2 and WR3 that can help Hilton. Inman is a fine stopgap for WR3 but we need younger kids to step up. He has some NFL connections as "cousin of NFL players defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and cornerback Johnathan Joseph." Also found this quote interesting as it appears to apply well to the Colts "However, he could benefit from a connection with
a play-action based passing attack that allows him to explore more of the route tree and field to take advantage of his size, build-up speed and ball skills." I think he would be a good fit.
Hopefully, our 2 fourth rounders could then be DE and O-Line and we would have an infusion of talent that would really hit our thin position groups.
I know many on here want DT/DE for two of our first three picks but I really see the secondary as being much, much thinner right now. Free agency could fix that but...
Walk Worthy,