When Indianapolis Colts GM Chris Ballard relinquished the team’s No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft to trade back to No. 6, he stated that he felt the trade worked for them because they could still get a premium player at that spot. While most Colts fans have been bullish about NC State edge rusher Bradley Chubb if the team would have stayed at No. 3, the reality is that he may not have been available either way.
Ballard, and most of us looking on, sees it likely that at least 3 of the available quarterbacks come off the board in the first 5 selections and they could still nab one of the 3 most desirable non-quarterbacks — Quenton Nelson, Saquon Barkley or Chubb — even if one or two of the them have landed in either Cleveland or New York.