Checking the mocks
by shake n bake on Jan 11, 2009 4:12 PM EST
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PrintVery early, but there is a very strong consenus on the Colts pick.
Here is the breakdown of the pick from the 25 latest drafts from the Hail Redskins Mock Draft Database.
Colts Pick in 7 mocks" DT-Peria Jerry (Mississippi)
4 mocks (each): DT Terrence Cody (Alabama)*, DT- Sen'Derrek Marks (Auburn)
2 mocks (each): DTs- Evander "Ziggy" Hood (Missouri), B.J Raji (Boston College)
1 mock (each): DT-Al Woods (LSU), LB-Brian Cushing (USC), LB-James Laurinaitis (OSU), WR-Darrius Heyward-Bey (Maryland), OL-Max Unger (Oregon), DE-Everette Brown (FSU)*
That's 20 of 25 picks at DT, with Peria Jerry the most popular.
*=I try to be nice about peoples mock drafts since it's a not an easy thing to know every teams needs and scheme and I appreicate people trying. These two picks (Cody and Brown) give a good example of people who are trying, but just don't know enough and people who have no clue. The Colts need a big run stopping type DT, Cody is that, but he's waaaaaay to far to that end of the spectrum. Cody is 365lbs, he's a nose tackle, or a Grady Jackson type 4-3 DT. He's not going to move the way the Colts want from their DTs. I'm not going to fault someone for not knowing every teams scheme. Being completely clueless on a team's personell on the otherhand?
Everette Brown, DE, Florida St. The Colts do not have much of a defensive attack and opposite Dwight Freeney I just don’t see much there. That is why the Colts seem very interested into Everette Brown. Link
All the Colts have opposite Dwight Freeney is a 2008 Pro Bowl DE with 50 sacks over the last 5 seasons (which is actually a few more than Freeney has in that span).
So back on topic the early consensus is a DT with Peria Jerry the leading candidate.
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lol
terrence cody would look so out of place in a colts 4-3 defence, he’d eat raheem brock for breakfast.
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by torontocoltsfan on Jan 11, 2009 4:21 PM EST reply actions
I don’t understand the format of this post. Could you clean it up a bit it’s kind of confusing. Also, Terrence Cody isn’t coming out, he decided to stay at Alabama for another year.
a bit better?
Shonn Greene for Heisman
Doak Walker award winner
144 yards per game
6.2 yards per carry
08 TDs per game > 06 GPA
by shake n bake on Jan 11, 2009 4:25 PM EST up reply actions
I thought Cody hasn't decided yet
Since everyone is still listing him as considering.
If Cody lost 30 pounds and got a bit quicker, he would be perfect. Right now Jerry is the best option for the Colts. I still see us drafting an offensive player in the first round. It’s just the Colts way.
lmao at the Everette Brown one
That’s why individual team sites aren’t the best ones for mock drafts. I have tried to learn teams’ needs so I didn’t make the same mistake.
Walter Football is my favorite draft site, although I don’t think he knows team needs too well. He’s just good at projecting when a player will go, which is why I like to reference him. There is one that is amazing, but it costs money. I can get to player pages if I type in their name and the name of the site into google though. I can’t remember its name right now.
I want the Colts to draft Jerry or Marks in round one, but an offensive tackle is what I think they will draft. Someone like Jason Smith or that guy from Arizona.
It is really tough to get a standout player later on in the draft for both the DT and OT position so I am really interested on the route the Colts will take. I think they should go DT if they can, but I wouldn’t be suprised if they drafted a different position knowing Polian…he is always one step ahead of people.
by ColtsFanNChiTown on Jan 11, 2009 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
also depends on what is there
in the position you pick… need is a big factor, but sometimes there is just such a good player who falls to you, that is is hard to pass up on them..
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing...
agreed
every year as we hear and read more about the draft it becomes easy to forget that we’re never right about what Polian ends up doing. I agree that a DT or OT sounds like the best idea but chances are it will be something none of us have seriously suggested.
We should continue to speculate because it’s fun but realistically, we have no fucking clue. If anything, it seems like we should look to what position has players that are 2-3 years away from retiring or becoming irrelevant and assume that’s what we’ll end up with
I agree with both (bluegirl and psvirsky)
If there is a game changing player left on the board, I think it is almost a guarantee that Polian will pick him up…I thought I head him saying something like that in the past. I also started to think at first that Polian could end up drafting a CB, but until he mentioned that the Colts will more than likely re-sign Hayden, I am taking the CB out of the equation for the first few rounds if not all.
by ColtsFanNChiTown on Jan 11, 2009 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
I agree
With Cody and Raji definitely being 3-4 NT DTs, but honestly (and I don’t 100% believe this but it’s an interesting take), if they got either one of the big guys, they could stand Mathis up and have him work his end along the lines of Harrison and Ware. Those guys really are DEs but people consider them LBs because they stand up. I’d never suggest standing Freeney up because he has a sick bull rush. But I think Mathis would gain a significant advantage being 1 yard off the line. He’s only 245, alot of LBs are bigger than that. It’d also prevent alot of that "Well, I’ll just grab his facemask or give him a hug because refs never call holding against that.) And Foster’s really a DE so having big mofo right there would help him get his pressure on.
Ooo, or maybe we could do the 1-5-5 prowl and just leave Cody on the line by himself. I’d love to see a team actually try to use that formation consistently.
With that said, I hope they get Perry or Marks. But I think it’s an interesting take.
Yeah he would look out of place but ...
isn’t this the sort of player the colts sorely lack but need. I mean we’ve been wanting a big run stopper. Who else is there of his sort of buid?
Peria Jerry
Definently fits the scheme. Ive never seem him play, but from what alot of scouts are saying and his body type, he is one of those quick DT’s that cover defenses look for.
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