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Chris Ballard is on Zoom with us...
Thread.... Says the 3-technique was the most obvious need. Got Buckner. Also said they needed some explosive playmakers, whether WR or RB.
"That& #39;s where Pittman and Taylor come into the equation."
"That& #39;s where Pittman and Taylor come into the equation."
Regarding Pittman, "Frank had a strong conviction on him.... About the receivers in this draft, it was about flavor. What flavor did you like?"
Some trade offers came in at 34, but they didn& #39;t like them enough to pass on Pittman.
Ballard said they had a Zoom call connected w the personnel staff with 20-plus people. Frank Reich was connected on another call with the coaching staff and they communicated back and forth when the coaches needed to be looped in.
re: Blackmon: "We were worried he wouldn& #39;t be there in the fourth. We know he won& #39;t be ready until late August, maybe September. He& #39;s a rangy fast player... He has a lot of value in our defense."
Ballard said the Colts kept having discussions about Taylor and finally Irsay piped up and said: "You& #39;ve been talking about this guy all night. Why don& #39;t you go get him?"
Colts traded up a few spots and got the deal done.
