{"id":9221,"date":"2025-04-29T08:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/9221\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T08:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:07:11","slug":"colts-near-the-bottom-in-dane-bruglers-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/9221\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts near the bottom in Dane Brugler’s rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indianapolis Colts’ 2025 NFL draft class is near the bottom in Dane Brugler’s rankings.<\/p>\n

One of the best in the business when it comes to the NFL draft, Dane Brugler of The Athletic<\/a>, ranked each of the 32 draft classes, and the Indianapolis Colts <\/a>were near the bottom.<\/p>\n

As Brugler mentioned, he doesn’t utilize analytics or any special formulas to determine these rankings. He simply goes off “vibes” and what classes have him the most excited.<\/p>\n

Of course, always important to remember during draft grade season is that these have zero bearing on how things actually play out on the field.<\/p>\n

So, as it pertains to the Colts<\/a>‘ draft class, Indianapolis ended up coming in at No. 27 in Brugler’s rankings.<\/p>\n

“Like many others, I think I had a first-round tight end to Indianapolis in each of my mock drafts, so it wasn\u2019t surprising when it actually happened,” Brugler wrote. “But just because the pick lacked drama shouldn\u2019t take away from the excitement of what Warren brings to the Colts\u2019 offense. I also really liked the addition of JT Tuimoloau in the second round \u2014 he\u2019s a perfect fit for the Colts\u2019 scheme.”<\/p>\n

1.14: Tyler Warren, TE, Penn State<\/p>\n

2.13 JT Tuimoloau, EDGE, Ohio State<\/p>\n

3.16 Justin Walley, CB, Minnesota<\/p>\n

4.25 Jalen Travis, OT,\u00a0Iowa State<\/a><\/p>\n

5.14 DJ Giddens, RB,\u00a0Kansas State<\/a><\/p>\n

6.13 Riley Leonard, QB, Notre Dame<\/p>\n

6.14 Tim Smith, DT, Alabama<\/p>\n

7.16 Hunter Wohler, LB, Wisconsin<\/p>\n

As many draft grades for the Colts indicate<\/a>, the general consensus seems to be that Indianapolis had a solid draft overall. Most of the grades that the Colts received were in the ‘B’ range.<\/p>\n

Right away, they addressed their biggest need at tight end with Tyler Warren, who many considered the top tight end in this year’s draft. Throughout Days 2 and 3, the Colts also added JT Tuimoloau, DJ Giddens, and Tim Smith, all of whom should be able to carve out roles right away.<\/p>\n

The Jalen Travis pick was also important, as his presence bolsters the offensive tackle depth, which gives the Colts the flexibility to move Matt Goncalves to right guard.<\/p>\n

However, and like many teams, the Colts leave the draft with question marks as well.<\/p>\n

The linebacker position wasn’t addressed until the seventh round with Hunte Wohler, who played safety at Wisconsin. The Colts have confidence in Jaylon Carlies, but for a young and still inexperienced player, having competition for those starting snaps could have been beneficial.<\/p>\n

Then, along the offensive line, while the tackle depth was addressed, there doesn’t appear to be any competition on the roster at that right guard spot for a player in Goncalves, who is relatively inexperienced and making a position change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indianapolis Colts’ 2025 NFL draft class is near the bottom in Dane Brugler’s rankings. One of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[204,80,247,265,2005,1961,19,1962,7,723,2004,392,2381,1963,147,248,267,246,88,6,1640,1960,641,245,264,1639,1644,9,266,376],"class_list":{"0":"post-9221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-204","9":"tag-2025-nfl-draft","10":"tag-american","11":"tag-american-football","12":"tag-colts","13":"tag-dame","14":"tag-draft","15":"tag-fighting","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-in","18":"tag-indianapolis","19":"tag-indianapolis-colts","20":"tag-indianapoliscolts","21":"tag-irish","22":"tag-lions","23":"tag-national","24":"tag-national-sports","25":"tag-neutral","26":"tag-news","27":"tag-nfl","28":"tag-nittany","29":"tag-notre","30":"tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish-football","31":"tag-overall","32":"tag-overall-neutral","33":"tag-penn","34":"tag-penn-state-nittany-lions-football","35":"tag-sports","36":"tag-sports-news","37":"tag-state"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}