Colts' Post-Bye Collapse: Rebuilding with Day Two Picks

0:00On April 23rd, the Indianapolis Colts shocked everyone with an 8-in-2 start in the 2025 NFL season, thanks to Daniel Jones. Balling out in Jonathan Taylor running wild. But post-buy, it all crumbled. They dropped their last seven games, Jones tore his Achilles and even Philip Rivers coming back from almost five years. Retired, couldn't save the playoffs. Code Shane Stuykin got his third year, and GM Chris Ballett his 10th, but the pressure's on after that epic fade. No first round pick hurts. They traded it to the Jets for Star Corner Sauce Gardener, right before the deadline last year. Fans and analysts are buzzing about how they'll rebuild without that top pick, especially losing edge guy, quitting pay to free agency and trading. Minebackers are year Franklin. They need pass rush, middle linebacker depth, and a third wide-out since Michael Pymman went to Pittsburgh. Their seven picks start in round two at 47, through round seven, including one from the Steelers.

1:00Top prospects like Ohio State's Arville Reese on Defense, Indiana's Fernando Mendoza at QB, and Notre Dame's speedy Jeremiah Love at Running Back, could fit, and a mock has them grabbing a linebacker early, then a route running receiver. Ballett has to nail those day two selections to pair with guys like Layoutu, Latu, and Alec Pierce, turning this roster around before the heat really, turns up next fall.