With the Indianapolis Colts trading the #13th overall pick for San Francisco 49ers All-Pro defensive tackle DeForest Buckner, the team no longer has its best ammunition to lock down a potential franchise quarterback in this year’s NFL Draft.
Anything’s possible, but according to most experts’ mock drafts, the team will be out of range with its pair of second round picks to potentially select Oregon’s Justin Herbert or Utah State’s Jordan Love—unless the team decides to trade up in the second half of the first round (presumably using some combination of picks #34 and #44)—pending one of Herbert or Love actually slides a bit on the board.