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Indianapolis Colts

The Colts fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

by Colt37 · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 2 steals · 4 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Colts spent No. 227 on Tanner McLachlan, a name the board had a full 40 spots lower. The bottom line is a respectable B+.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. The Newton pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with interior defensive lineman still on the board. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Landing Rosengarten that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.1 · Pick 33 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 36
Xavier Legette at No. 33 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
No edge and no loss on Chop Robinson in pick 35; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.14 · Pick 46 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 57
They paid up for Edgerrin Cooper at Round 2, Pick 14 when waiting would have done the job. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.18 · Pick 82 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 81
Mike Sainristil at the 82nd pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 84
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went cornerback with Josh Newton while clear needs at interior defensive lineman sat open.
R4.17 · Pick 117 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 119
They paid sticker price for Malik Washington in the 117th overall pick, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.17 · Pick 153 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 164
A reach for Joe Milton III in pick 153; a little patience would have been rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 175
Roger Rosengarten in No. 193 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Carson Steele · RB · rank 259
A real head-scratcher, Carson Steele in slot 225 is miles ahead of his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Tanner McLachlan · TE · rank 267
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Tanner McLachlan. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
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