2017 Draft Thread

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Originally Posted by IndyEdge32

I'm okay with Dalvin. It's obvious that Indy will need a rb at some point. Soon. Would you rather spend money on a gamble (Lacy/Latavius)? If Foster is available and Indy takes Cook, I'd be a little annoyed/surprised. But if Foster is gone, Cook is a better long term prospect than the pass rush specialists available. Pass rushers can be found in free agency, top franchise rbs are much harder to come by. Cook in the 1st and Tim Williams in the 2nd would be fine with me.

It all depends on FA too. I would be okay with Ballard flipping a 4th or 5th for Kendricks, signing Ingram, Hightower, and Berry.

Also, I would be okay with Ballard spending a 3rd on Mixon if Foster is somehow available in the 1st. And Hasson Reddick in the 2nd.

The problem with your scenario is that most of those free agents will never hit the open market and if they do, its not like the Colts will be the only team bidding on them.

Some NFL teams have nearly twice the amount of cap space to invest in free agents as the Colts do. If Ingram hits the open market, you can expect that someone will end up throwing $15m - $20m in annualized cap space his direction because, well, they can.

I think the possibility of signing someone better than, say Walden or Okfor in free agency at OLB is mighty slim. We NEED to draft pass rushers, Period. Dot. The. End.

And you get the best possibility of them being impact ones at the top of the first round.

Cheers,