B
Indianapolis Colts
Best value of the weekend goes to the Colts for Trost: B.
by Kenny proctor ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 6 steals
· 0 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Keagen Trost, the Round 6 slot, roughly 31 picks past where he belonged.
The Kilgore pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback, interior defensive lineman and other spots. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
They read the board right and Brandon Cisse was the payoff at Round 2, Pick 15. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Josiah Trotter in No. 78 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They bypassed pressing needs at quarterback, interior defensive lineman and other spots to take Jalon Kilgore, a cornerback that was not the priority.
CJ Daniels slid further than he should have, and slot 156 is lovely value for the wide receiver. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They robbed the room for Keagen Trost here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jaren Kanak at the 249th overall pick is the proof. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A clean, defensible pick in the 254th pick with a little surplus value in Jaydn Ott. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.