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Video: Colts GM Says Team 'Got Best F–king Rusher' in 2024 NFL Draft in Laiatu Latu
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The first 14 picks of the 2024 NFL draft were offensive players on Thursday, which gave the Indianapolis Colts the opportunity to select the best defender at No. 15.
And Chris Ballard believes they did with pass-rusher Laiatu Latu.
“We got the best f–king rusher in the draft” the general manager said while laughing in a team-posted video summarizing their draft picks:
Latu was an All-American and the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year in his final season at UCLA in 2023. He posted 49 tackles, 13 sacks, two forced fumbles, two interceptions and two passes defended during a dominant campaign.
Indianapolis was 28th in the league in points allowed per game last season, so it certainly needed to address that side of the ball. Latu gives it an explosive pass-rusher who can get around offensive tackles on the edge and wreck opposing aerial attacks.
The Colts are in the same division as C.J. Stroud and Trevor Lawrence and need as many players who can disrupt those passing games as possible.
And, to hear Ballard tell it, they got the best one available.
(Horseshoe Indianapolis starting gate / Coady Media)
From the Horseshoe Indianapolis Media Team:
“Out of concern for the safety of our equine and human athletes that the races for Wednesday, May 15 have been canceled.”
The Shelbyville area has received over 4 inches of rain with more expected throughout the day.
The Caesars and Horseshoe Indianapolis Stakes will be rescheduled for a later date. The Swifty and Sagamore Handicaps will be run on Wednesday, May 22. An effort will be made to bring the remainder of today’s overnight races back next week.
The NFL will release the 2024 schedules for all 32 teams at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Here is what we know about the Indianapolis Colts’ schedule so far.
The Colts will play each team from the AFC East and NFC North, as well as the 2023 third-place teams from the AFC North, AFC West and NFC East. Indy will also see its AFC South division rivals twice, once on the road and once at Lucas Oil Stadium, as part of its 17-game schedule.
Here is the lineup of home and road opponents, listed alphabetically.
Colts’ 2024 opponents
| HOME | ROAD |
|---|---|
|
Buffalo Bills |
Denver Broncos |
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Chicago Bears |
Green Bay Packers |
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Detroit Lions |
Houston Texans |
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Houston Texans |
Jacksonville Jaguars |
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Jacksonville Jaguars |
Minnesota Vikings |
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Miami Dolphins |
New England Patriots |
|
Pittsburgh Steelers |
New York Giants |
|
Tennessee Titans |
New York Jets |
|
Tennessee Titans |
The Colts went 9-8 in the 2023 regular season, narrowly missing out on a playoff berth after losing a de facto play-in game against the Houston Texans in Week 18. The Colts haven’t made the playoffs since Philip Rivers was the quarterback during the 2020 season. They’ll be looking to break that streak this season with the return of a healthy Anthony Richardson under center.
Come back Wednesday night for the Colts’ week-to-week schedule for 2024, plus season analysis and predictions.
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(Photo: Michael Hickey / Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Thirty-three people from 33 different countries took the Oath of Allegiance and became U.S. citizens on Tuesday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
IMS President Doug Boles spoke to the new Americans. “From the very beginning of the Indianapolis 500 in 1911, it was called the International Sweepstakes because our founders wanted an opportunity through the speedway and through the Indy 500 to celebrate what Indiana and what Hoosiers’ spirit is about, but moreover what the American spirit is about.
The Indianapolis 500 continues to celebrate bringing people together from all over the world.
This story was created from a script aired on WISH-TV.
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