Rookie Review

[Ironshaft]

Colts.com is running an article series to review the performance of Colts rookies in 2022. Here are links to their articles:

Alec Pierce, 2nd round WR

Jelani Woods, 3rd round TE

Bernhard Raimann, 3rd round OT

Nick Cross, 3rd round Safety

Eric Johnson II, 5th round NT

Andrew Ogletree, 6th round TE

Rodney Thomas III, 7th round Safety

Dallis Flowers, Undrafted Rookie Free Agent Cornerback

JoJo Domann, Undrafted Rookie Free Agent Linebacker

[omahacolt]

early returns say this was a very good draft class

[Hoopsdoc]

Thomas reminds me a lot of Antoine Bethea. Who knows if he’ll ever be that good but the similarities are striking.

[Oldcolt]

IF Raimann can make even a little jump from year one to two, which you hope he can, we could be set at left tackle. That would be huge for us.

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

Thomas reminds me a lot of Antoine Bethea. Who knows if he’ll ever be that good but the similarities are striking.

Good call. 5'11, 203lbs. and 6'1, 194lbs. Bethea is a bit faster, Thomas is a better leaper. Good RAS (9.6 and 9.2). Late draft picks from smaller schools that jumped into starting roles as rookies.

Bethea was a true gem. We'd be lucky if Thomas approached that impact.

[Chromeburn]

I think they had a good draft. Need a QB to take advantage of those young pass catchers.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

Thomas reminds me a lot of Antoine Bethea. Who knows if he’ll ever be that good but the similarities are striking.

Never should have gotten rid of Bethea.

[nate505]

Very solid draft, especially for not having a first round pick.

And this is about the sole reason why I'm not as sour on Ballard as others. He has issues, but his drafts are usually pretty good.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

Thomas reminds me a lot of Antoine Bethea. Who knows if he’ll ever be that good but the similarities are striking.

Faster. When his game brain catches up to his feet, wow. He now has 365 athletic training at the highest level. Put on some muscle, he will have more punch.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

Good call. 5'11, 203lbs. and 6'1, 194lbs. Bethea is a bit faster, Thomas is a better leaper. Good RAS (9.6 and 9.2). Late draft picks from smaller schools that jumped into starting roles as rookies.

Bethea was a true gem. We'd be lucky if Thomas approached that impact.

Bethea was a gem that Grigson was too arrogant to keep around.