Colts draft: A closer look at where the roster is

Colts' GM Chris Ballard meets with the media to discuss next week's NFL draft. Clark Wade/IndyStar

INDIANAPOLIS -- In five days the Indianapolis Colts will commence their most significant draft in six years, a middling team grossly lacking in talent desperate to find some. The good news for them: There is ample opportunity.

Nine picks beginning Thursday. Three inside the first 37. Four inside the top 49. It starts with sixth overall selection, a spot a few QB-needy AFC East franchises – hello, Buffalo or Miami – could covet just enough to ship a king's ransom in exchange for.

Yeah, for the Colts, this week is big. Really big.

It also remains difficult to project. The Colts don't need help here…