CLEVELAND, OHIO - APRIL 29: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announces Kwity Paye as the 21st selection by the Indianapolis Colts (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Ever since Chris Ballard took over the general manager reins four years ago in 2017, the Indianapolis Colts have grown accustomed to dominating the draft.
The Colts’ incoming class of draftees wasn’t exactly raved about by analysts, but that (at least in our eyes) is what bodes so well for them: we can’t recall a specific year in which Ballard’s picks were universally beloved throughout the industry.
You might point to the now-robust 2018 class, which included guard Quenton Nelson, linebacker Darius Leonard and tackle Braden Smith, among others, as a counterpoint, but Leonard was infamously coined the worst pick of the draft that year.