Doesn't sound like QB in cards at 6

[PantherKyle]

You can’t say what is in the cards or not, based on a interview, in January. 

[Jmac]

Without an NFL caliper Oline,any QB would just be a tackling dummy. Hope they have finally learned a lesson after so many season's with sh%tty Olines.

[BlueBuck24]

Take a franchise LT or Linderbaum this year.

Take 1 of CJ Stroud or Bryce Young next year when we’re picking top 3.

Profit.

[trueblade]

2 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

IOL are different. TE's have grown to be game changers. Centers are important but also far easier to obtain.

Colts took Quinton Nelson sixth overall. It's rare, but it happens.

[Growl]

22 minutes ago, trueblade said:

Colts took Quinton Nelson sixth overall. It's rare, but it happens.

And it was a stupid pick

[trueblade]

5 minutes ago, Growl said:

And it was a stupid pick

We weren't discussing the merit of the pick. We were discussing if teams will take IOL in the top 10.

[mrcompletely11]

7 minutes ago, Growl said:

And it was a stupid pick

Do what now?

[jayboogieman]

3 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I like him as a prospect but I have grown to be leary of small, athletic centers. Kalil was unreal but a lot of the guys with similar profiles(Tyler C being one) have not lived up to that billing. 

I think he'll do well in the NFL and isn't a one year wonder.

[jayboogieman]

23 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Do what now?

Maybe Growl is one of those that cares more about positional value on some made up chart than taking elite prospects.

[Growl]

24 minutes ago, trueblade said:

We weren't discussing the merit of the pick. We were discussing if teams will take IOL in the top 10.

The colts getting sucked into blowing a top 10 pick on a player who has quite literally never added a single win to their win total shouldn’t be a blueprint

[Growl]

7 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

Maybe Growl is one of those that cares more about positional value on some made up chart than taking elite prospects.

You’re absolutely right i am. Like the league’s best franchises, I understand the concept of value relative to availability of talent, contribution to a team’s overall success, pay scale, the evolving nature of the game, and other largely simple realities that are apparently still too complex for a tiny brain drunk on tired cliches like “just looking to come away with a good player” and “I just wanna get the safest player available” and other dated adages that keep poorly ran teams like the Indianapolis colts locked in the cellar and unable to separate themselves from the pack in the league’s worst division 

Edited January 15, 2022 by Growl

[jayboogieman]

5 minutes ago, Growl said:

You’re absolutely right i am. Like the league’s best franchises, I understand the concept of value relative to availability of talent, contribution to a team’s overall success, pay scale, the evolving nature of the game, and other largely simple realities that are apparently still too complex for a tiny brain drunk on tired cliches like “just looking to come away with a good player” and “I just wanna get the safest player available” and other dates adages that keep poorly ran teams like the Indianapolis colts locked in the cellar and unable to separate themselves from the pack in the league’s worst division 

The thing about positional value is that it changes. If what Fitt said during the season was true about teams not wanting to trade any OL talent, then that means the thinking is changing and teams will value it more than in the past. That will lead to teams taking OL talent early and often in the draft which will change those pay scales.

Also, if a center, guard, or tackle is opening holes for the RB and protecting the QB, they are contributing to the team's success.

[TheProcess]

Love Linderbaum as a prospect, but no way I draft a center top 15. I loved Creed Humphrey who was rated really high and has now proven himself, but with the talent in last years draft I would not have drafted him first round, and no team did. It was end of the 2nd round. This years draft is the weakest in years, so yes I would take Linderbaum in the first round, but it would not be top 15. I'm looking pick 20 or later.

[Growl]

7 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

The thing about positional value is that it changes. If what Fitt said during the season was true about teams not wanting to trade any OL talent, then that means the thinking is changing and teams will value it more than in the past. That will lead to teams taking OL talent early and often in the draft which will change those pay scales.

Also, if a center, guard, or tackle is opening holes for the RB and protecting the QB, they are contributing to the team's success.

Any player can contribute to a team’s success. The point is impact and availability of talent relative to the ease of ability to acquire the positions that make the biggest impact, further quantified by cost.