Colts have unique strategy in loaded QB class
It's getting closer and closer for the Indianapolis Colts to potentially draft their next franchise quarterback. At this point, four different names have been thrown around in regards to possibly being the selection. The names are obvious by now. Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, Anthony Richardson, and Will Levis are the group of quarterbacks projected to […]
It's getting closer and closer for the Indianapolis Colts to potentially draft their next franchise quarterback. At this point, four different names have been thrown around in regards to possibly being the selection.
The names are obvious by now. Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, Anthony Richardson, and Will Levis are the group of quarterbacks projected to go in the first-round later this month. Perhaps in that exact order, too.
Levis is who the Colts held a private workout with on Thursday. After the team held workouts with Young and Stroud earlier in the week. Ian Rapoport has taken notice of the Colts' strategy when it comes to scouting the signal callers.
Indianapolis opted to not send large groups to pro days. Instead, they sent area scouts to see Levis, Young, and Stroud during the month of March. Notably, the Colts sent chief personnel executive Morocco Brown to see Richardson in person.
Now, the Colts have decided to privately workout their top QB targets. Which is a strategy that Rapoport noted on NFL Network. He pointed out that it's a different route than what it usually taken.
"The Colts had a very small presence at pro days," Rapoport said. "It's not like the Carolina Panthers, who brought everyone. The whole organization took a plane – maybe multiple planes – to the pro days. The Colts stayed back, let everyone do that, and then do private workouts with these quarterbacks."
Two quarterback-needy teams, and two different strategies taken. Perhaps Indianapolis believes that they will get a better evaluation in the private workout setting rather than a typical pro day.
Rapoport also noted that the Colts did things a little differently in their head coaching search. Ultimately, Indianapolis hired Shane Steichen after the Philadelphia Eagles lost in the Super Bowl.
"The same Colts that had an unbelievably exhausting head coach search process," said Rapoport." They seem to do things a little differently when it comes to the quarterback, as well."
Indianapolis is banking on their strategy paying off in their search for a franchise signal caller. At the very least, it caught the eye of a top NFL analyst.
