Bold Move Predicted for Colts (Again) by Top NFL Draft Expert

The Indianapolis Colts have been listed as a top-trade up candidate within the NFL Draft for the reason that starting of December. When Bleacher Report made the assertion, the Colts had the No. 14 choose.

Indianapolis proceeded to lose the next-five video games in a row to shut out the season, they usually at the moment sit within the No. 4 place… and are nonetheless a trade-up candidate.

There are draft specialists who get extra air-time than The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, however there are few who put in additional work. Brugler’s two-round mock has the Colts buying and selling as much as the No. 1 spot to pick Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Bryce Younger.

In contrast to the Professional Soccer Focus mock draft final week, Brugler contains doable compensation to the Chicago Bears to maneuver to the No. 1 choose.

Brugler has the Colts sending this yr’s No. 1 (4 total) and No. 2 (35 total) and next-year’s first-round choose to the Bears to take Younger.

This commerce is sensible for either side. The Colts have a transparent want at quarterback, with an proprietor and normal supervisor who’re motivated to get it proper. Colts GM Chris Ballard, who was beforehand a scout in Chicago, could be very conversant in Bears GM Ryan Poles — the 2 labored collectively for 4 years within the Chiefs’ entrance workplace. This is able to mark the third time over the past 25 years that the Colts held the No. 1 choose. It labored out nicely the opposite two occasions: Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck. 

Bryce Younger is an entire outlier from a dimension perspective and can be considerably off-type for Ballard, however Younger’s instincts, imaginative and prescient and accuracy as a passer are the traits value betting on on the place. It received’t be a driving motive behind a commerce up, however sniping Younger forward of division foe Houston can be an additional advantage. — Dane Brugler, The Athletic

At No. 1, the Colts would have their alternative of quarterbacks, and the early consensus is the highest guys can be Younger, Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud, and Kentucky’s Will Levis.

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Brugler has Levis going to the Texans with the second-overall choose, whereas Stroud is snagged by the Panthers at No. 5, after they commerce up with the Seahawks. 

After a merry-go-round on the quarterback place, the Colts appear to be they will make a heavy funding to get their man within the draft. Is 2-first spherical picks and a second an excessive amount of?

Not in the event that they get the precise man.