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• Compton: Colts 2025 7-Round Mock Draft

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The NFL Draft officially kicks off later today. It’s finally here. After months of scouting, speculation, and mocked scenarios, the NFL Draft begins tonight at 8 pm EST. Prior to free agency, the Indianapolis Colts had several needs to address. After a handful of uncharacteristic splashes from general manager Chris Ballard and company, ...2025
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• Colts Depth Chart: Projecting the roster ahead of 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images What are the Colts’ glaring roster deficiencies headed into the 2025 NFL Draft on Thursday evening? The Indianapolis Colts are almost on the clock with the 14th overall pick in this Thursday evening’s first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. While the Colts have addressed a number of needs in free agency, namely at safety, cornerback, and quarterback, there rem...2025
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• Indianapolis Colts Mock Draft - Denton-Singh 1.0

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The 2025 NFL offseason is well underway now and the NFL Draft is right around the corner. The NFL Draft begins with day one on Thursday, April 24th, and carries on for two more days, ending on April 27th. Day one sees the first round of the draft, day two sees the second and third rounds and, finally, day three sees rounds four through ...2025
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• Conspiracy Report: Colts GM Chris Ballard Has Leaked the Colts 2025 Draft Plan

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Haters will say it’s fake To the reader: First, I’d like to start by saying this article is presented as a “conspiracy theory” because that’s how this series started. I noticed that general manager Chris Ballard didn’t lie in his press conferences. He usually gave winding vague answers but he never said one thing and then did another. Armed with this observation I s...2025
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• What Cowboys’ recent 1st-round picks would have looked like had Dallas used a Consensus Big Board

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Here is who the Cowboys would have drafted in the first round of the last 9 drafts if they had gone by the consensus big board. In the press conference following the first day of the 2016 draft, Jerry Jones said Ezekiel Elliott had the highest grade of any player on their draft board. Many observers at the time assumed that Jerry was just using a tried-and...2025
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• Report: Colts hosted Texas nose tackle Alfred Collins on a Top 30 Visit

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Could the former Texas defender become Grover Stewart’s future replacement? The Indianapolis Colts hosted Texas interior defensive lineman Alfred Collins on a Top 30 Visit, according to Ryan Fowler of The Draft Network. While the Colts have addressed their starting positions across the depth chart on the defensive side of the ba...2025
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• Conspiracy Report: Colts GM Chris Ballard Has Leaked the Colts 2025 Draft Plan
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• Colts Mock Draft 2.0: Perhaps a bit more clarity for positions of need

Photo by Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Just two weeks away from my favourite NFL event The only use for mock drafts, if you ask me, is to have fun and look forward to inarguably the most important event of the NFL offseason. I am not going to sit here and tell the Colts what they should do, nor I will be arrogant enough to claim to have any sort of clue to what the team wi...2025
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• NFL.com’s Chad Reuter names ‘two ideal picks’ for Colts ahead of 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Colts’ pair of ideal draft picks would be two impact pieces for new defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo. According to NFL.com’s Chad Reuter, two ideal picks for the Indianapolis Colts ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft are Alabama linebacker Jihaad Campbell and Oregon edge Jordan Burch within the first two rounds: Indianapolis Colts Round 1: No. 14 overall...2025
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• Colts deemed one of the worst first-round drafting teams since 2020

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Pro Football Focus lists the Colts as one of the five worst teams at drafting in the first round. While Colts general manager Chris Ballard isn’t known for dishing out big paydays to outside free agents like he did this time around, his ability to maximize draft capital has always been his saving grace. Not only that, it’s been the basis of his roster c...2025
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• Colts defense must improve for any chance of success in 2025

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images With so far to go, it shouldn’t be hard to get better. The defense for the Indianapolis Colts has been far from dominant for a long time. While many fans are looking and hoping for Anthony Richardson to take a massive leap forward, it won’t probably matter much if the defense doesn’t improve drastically. Chris Ballard has made key roster moves and changed co...2025
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• 2025 Colts Breakout Candidates… not named Anthony Richardson

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Which non-QB Colts could take a big leap forward in 2025? A trio of 2024 rookies stepping into bigger roles, a young player with immense upside moving up from the back of the rotation at his position, and a veteran who enjoyed a career year last season, but could fly even higher in a contract year. Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Ima...2025
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• Samson Ebukam: Cut or Keep?

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Chris Ballard raised some eyebrows bringing up Samson Ebukam unprompted at the Combine. Will they keep the vet edge rusher or let him go? Chris Ballard was asked about Lou Anarumo at Defensive Coordinator’s impact and change to the defense, and he decided to highlight Samson Ebukam as a player he would be interested in seeing how he would perform in this ...2025
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• Early Look Into Colts’ Free Agency

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images An early look at potential free agent fits for the Indianapolis Colts The Colts will head into free agency with around $35 million in cap space, with the potential to increase it significantly with some roster moves. That amount gives Colts GM Chris Ballard room to make some of the moves he wants to this off-season. Ballard does have a few decision to mak...2025
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• Pair of Colts’ standouts already named to ‘PFF 101’ from the 2024 regular season

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images Both DeForest Buckner and Bernhard Raimann remain standouts on their respective Colts’ lines, per PFF. According to PFF, two Indianapolis Colts standouts were named from #101-80 on the annually unveiled ‘PFF 101,’ featuring a ranking of the top 101 players league-wide from the recently concluded 2024 campaign. Of course, one of the Colts’ names may not b...2025
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• Conspiracy Report: Colts GM Chris Ballard Has Leaked the Colts 2025 Draft Plan
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• Field Gulls Mailbag: About Jake Bobo’s 40 time...

Photo by Jane Gershovich/Getty Images Answering questions from the Field Gulls comments section! Welcome to another edition of the Field Gulls Mailbag, where I answer your questions posted in the comments section. All of these were submitted before the Seattle Seahawks’ preseason finale against the Green Bay Packers, and some of my answers are impacted as a result of the game. Let’s get to...2023
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"He arrived in Indianapolis saying the same things, and after two seasons of alternating between journeyman veterans in Denico Autry, Margus Hunt, and Grover Stewart at the 3-technique, the Colts went out and traded for budding star DeForest Buckner."

2024
"The Colts and star defensive tackle DeForest Buckner agreed on a two-year, $46 million contract extension that ties him to Indianapolis through the 2026 season, sources told ESPN."

2023
"He closed his fourth season with 58 stops, 11 more than DeForest Buckner in second place."

2022
"Defensive tackle DeForest Buckner called it an “embarrassing” performance and quarterback Matt Ryan said that “brutal honesty” [more]"

2021
"Revisiting the Indianapolis Colts-San Francisco 49ers DeForest Buckner trade"

2020
"Colts trade No. 13 overall pick to 49ers in exchange for DeForest Buckner, per report"

2019
"The San Francisco 49ers have picked up the fifth-year option on defensive lineman DeForest Buckner's rookie contract "

2018
"DeForest Buckner and Hunter Henry found a way onto the list while the Rams boast Number 1 player"

2017
"Recent first-round draft picks Arik Armstead and DeForest Buckner have upside, but there are not a lot of positions on the roster right now that can reasonably be said are set for the long-term future."

2016
"NFL Media's Rand Getlin reported Friday that DeForest Buckner has signed his rookie deal with the team."

2015
"— This week I updated my Top 100 big board, and immediately received an inquiry from an area scout about why DeForest Buckner was ranked so highly (Number 14 overall)."

2014
"That said, there were many players who took advantage of this past weekend—including Ohio State defensive tackle Michael Bennett and Oregon defensive end DeForest Buckner, who each helped lead their teams into playoff berths with dominant performances—to show themselves at their best under the bright lights."

• Compton: Colts 2025 7-Round Mock Draft
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• Indianapolis Colts Mock Draft - Denton-Singh 1.0
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• Conspiracy Report: Colts GM Chris Ballard Has Leaked the Colts 2025 Draft Plan
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• What Cowboys’ recent 1st-round picks would have looked like had Dallas used a Consensus Big Board
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• Report: Colts hosted Texas nose tackle Alfred Collins on a Top 30 Visit
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• Colts Mock Draft 2.0: Perhaps a bit more clarity for positions of need
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• POD Community Mock: With the 14th pick, the Colts select...

Photo by Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With the 14th pick in the POD Community Mock Draft, the Indianapolis Colts select... Our Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft rolls on. If you’re unfamiliar, this is the side-wide mock draft in which we let our commenters and community participate in a mock that will run for two full rounds and take us right up to the NFL Draft....2025
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• NFL.com’s Chad Reuter names ‘two ideal picks’ for Colts ahead of 2025 NFL Draft
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• Colts deemed one of the worst first-round drafting teams since 2020
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• Conspiracy Report: Colts GM Chris Ballard Has Leaked the Colts 2025 Draft Plan
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• Potential free-agents for every Colts’ position of need

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images With his back against the wall, this might finally be the offseason where Ballard takes somes risks in free agency. I don’t think the general manager’s seat has ever been hotter, as it is playoffs or clean-house for the Colts going into next year. This is not only the final chance for Chris Ballard to finally put together a winning football team, but as...2025
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• Vikings Links: Whose Your QB For 2025?

Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images JJ McCarthy or Bust! It appears that the consensus is that JJ McCarthy should be given the QB job without any competition. If alternate idea is suggested for discussion sake, the defenders arrive in full force and will label/slander the person making the idea. Comical. I do plans every offseason and I try to do different versions for possible discussio...2025
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• CBS Sports lists surprising choice as Colts’ ‘Most Valuable Player’ for 2024 season

Photo by Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colts captain and first-time All-Pro Zaire Franklin certainly had a breakout season in some regards during 2024, but in turn, some moments he’d also admittedly like to have back. According to CBS Sports’ Tyler Sullivan, Indianapolis Colts All-Pro linebacker Zaire Franklin was the team’s ‘most valuable player’ during the 2024 season—w...2025
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• Stampede Blue Staff Awards: Who was the Colts 2024 MVP?

Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images While the Colts season didn’t end the way they wanted to, there are plenty of Colts deserving of recognition for their achievements. Who did the Stampede Blue Staff pick for the Colts awards? Most Valuable Player: Voting: Quenton Nelson (4), DeForest Buckner (3), Jonathan Taylor (2) In a very tight race, MVP came down to 3 very deserving candidates. Qu...2025
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• Report: Colts to interview ex-Saints head coach Dennis Allen for DC vacancy on Friday

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The Colts are bringing in arguably the top available defensive coordinator candidate in this coaching cycle for a look. According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Indianapolis Colts are expected to interview former New Orleans Saints head coach Dennis Allen for their current defensive coordinator opening: The #Colts plan to speak with former #Saints ...2025
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• Conspiracy Report: Colts GM Chris Ballard Has Leaked the Colts 2025 Draft Plan
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• CBS Sports lists surprising choice as Colts’ ‘Most Valuable Player’ for 2024 season
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• 2024 Colts end of season report card

Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Colts miss the playoffs once again and earn themselves a poor grade Quarterbacks This is quite a tricky one to grade. Anthony Richardson had some bright moments this year, enough to earn him a make-or-break year in 2025. The gutsy game winning drive against the Patriots, his great overall game against the Jets and his insanely...2025
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• Looking deeper at Colts GM Chris Ballard’s end of year press conference and what it all means going forward.

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images What Ballard said and what it all means. On Friday January 10th 2025 Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard sat down in front of the media and answered questions until the questions ran out. You can find other accounts of the press conference but these are the questions and answers I found most telling when considering the future of the Co...2025
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• Starting fresh at linebacker would be the first step in the right direction for the Colts

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images The Colts have a ton of problems, but the first thing they could do is letting both Zaire Franklin and E.J. Speed go this offseason The season is finally over, and once again for Colts’ fans it was filled with more disappointments than happiness. The benching of AR, the loss against the Broncos after JT’s fumble at the goal-line, the Meadowlands’ Meltdo...2025
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• The Colts need a culture reset

Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images I think it’s time to normalize the saying “The Curse of Andrew Luck”. Since Andrew Luck’s first injury in 2015, the Indianapolis Colts have been the face of mediocrity in the NFL. Never good enough to seriously compete and never showing serious potential. Andrew Luck’s sudden retirement in 2018 put the team in a d...2025
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• Jaguars vs Colts: Staff roundtable and game picks for Week 18

Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images Big Cat Country previews the Jaguars’ season finale against the Colts. Welcome to Big Cat Country’s staff roundtable! This week, we’re previewing Week 18’s matchup between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Indianapolis Colts in Lucas Oil Stadium. The Jaguars are 4.5-point underdogs, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Question 1: Are you rooting for another win ...2025
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• Catastrophic second half costs Colts chance to tighten AFC wild card race

Jonathan Taylor #28 of the Indianapolis Colts races toward the end zone against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field At Mile High — December 15, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. | Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Indianapolis Colts imploded with five turnovers in Sunday’s 31-13 blowout loss to the Denver Broncos. The Indianapolis Colts imploded with five turnovers in Sunday’s 31-13 blowout...2024
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• Cardiac Colts playoff aspirations alive after Anthony Richardson delivers second career game-winning drive

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson (5) spikes the ball after scoring a touchdown during the first half against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium. | Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images “Inside 30 seconds, felt good about the call,” Steichen told reporters after stealing Sunday’s must-win affair. “Obviously, you have got to feel good about the call to go for the win. If...2024
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• DeForest Buckner signs rookie deal with 49ers
The Niners have their issues, but they also have their first-round pick under contract. NFL Media's Rand Getlin reported Friday that DeForest Buckner has signed his rookie deal with the team....2016
• Colts trade No. 13 overall pick to 49ers in exchange for DeForest Buckner, per report
Indianapolis parts with premier draft capital in exchange for a proven defensive lineman...2020
• Sources: Colts trade 1st-round pick for Buckner
DeForest Buckner has already agreed to a massive contract that will make him the second-highest-paid defensive tackle in NFL history....2020
• Chip Kelly Decoded: 49ers' QB Competition Is Over, and Blaine Gabbert Won
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• 49ers trade DeForest Buckner to Colts for first-round pick
A major trade is coming down in the NFL. The 49ers have agreed to trade defensive lineman DeForest Buckner to the Colts for the Colts’ first-round draft pick, No. 13 overall, according to multiple reports. The Colts have agreed to give Buckner a new contract that will pay him $21 million a year, according to [more]...2020
• Chip Kelly's fingerprints all over 49ers' draft picks
The San Francisco 49ers raised some eyebrows Thursday with their selections of DeForest Buckner and Joshua Garnett. The two picks showcase coach Chip Kelly's influence on personnel....2016
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• Trent Baalke Fired by 49ers: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• DeForest Buckner on Patrick Mahomes: Have to be smart, but I’m getting him down
Stopping Patrick Mahomes is job No. 1 for the 49ers defense in Super Bowl LIV and the ways they hope to do that were among the talking points for members of that defense at Super Bowl LIV Opening Night in Miami. Linebacker Fred Warner called defending Mahomes an “extreme challenge” because of both his arm [more]...2020
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• Chip Kelly Decoded: 49ers' QB Competition Is Over, and Blaine Gabbert Won
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• With Matt Eberflus in town, Osa Odighizuwa becomes most important free agent for Cowboys

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The Cowboys need to make sure Matt Eberflus’ defense has Osa Odighizuwa. After several days of speculation, the Cowboys made it official on Tuesday and hired former Bears head coach Matt Eberflus to be the new defensive coordinator under Brian Schottenheimer. We broke down the scheme that Eberflus will be bringing to Dallas, which you can read here, but ...2025
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• Colts captain DeForest Buckner calls out ‘egos’ regarding ‘worst Indy defense’ he’s been a part of

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The Colts defensive captain normally leads by example, but he’s starting to speak up more out of much needed necessity. Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner didn’t hold back regarding him and his defensive teammates’ much needed humility following a disappointing 2024 campaign that saw the Horseshoe fall short of the postseason—at least in ...2025
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• NFL Power Rankings Week 18: New Year New Regime Time?

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images The Colts continued their 2024 season on the road on Sunday against a NFC foe in the New York Giants. The Giants were 2-13 on the year, coming off a huge week 16 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. The Colts went into week 16 without Quarterback Anthony Richardson but saw the return of Linebacker EJ Speed and Wide receiver Alec Pierce. The Colts now sit at 7-9, cu...2025
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• Colts fall to bulletproof Lions 24-6 as mistakes doom offense

Indianapolis Colts receiver Ashton Dulin (16) catches a pass but fails to keep his feet in bounds during a game against the Detroit Lions at Lucas Oil Stadium. | Christine Tannous/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images Indianapolis (5-7) had 98 yards of offense negated due to costly penalties. There was a dropped pass at the goal line by backup tight end Drew Ogletree and a 40-plus-yard incomp...2024
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• Could Rams still trade first round pick for a player?

Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK Would Rams make a trade for Tee Higgins while they’re on the clock? This week I’ve been pondering who I will ultimately predict as the first choice of the Los Angeles Rams in the 2024 NFL Draft and the name that felt the most “Les Snead-ish” of all was not a prospect. It was Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tee Higgins, a player I’ve had on my mi...2024
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• DeForest Buckner’s contract restructure might suggest Colts going ‘all-in’ for 2025

Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK As it stands, the Colts’ cap maneuver added two voidable years to the end of DeForest Buckner’s freshly minted extension, providing financial flexibility for the near future. The Indianapolis Colts recently extended DT DeForest Buckner to two more years, ensuring financial sustainability and continuity across the defensive front. What happened n...2024
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• Colts QB Gardner Minshew named to 2024 Pro Bowl Games

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Colts received a surprising Pro Bowl nod, as interim starting quarterback Gardner Minshew is head to the games in Orlando, Florida! Indianapolis Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew has been named to the 2024 Pro Bowl Games as an AFC alternate—joining teammates Ryan Kelly and DeForest Buckner: The van is pulling up to Orlando this week. pic.twitter....2024
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