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• Revisiting the DeForest Buckner trade from five years later

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The Colts traded for All-Pro defensive tackle DeForest Buckner nearly five years ago, and it’s clearly paid off. During March of 2020, the Indianapolis Colts traded their upcoming first round pick for former San Francisco 49ers NFL All-Pro defensive tackle DeForest Buckner. It wasn’t necessarily by personal choice, as the 49ers were facing salary cap cons...2025
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• PFF ranks Colts DT DeForest Buckner among NFL’s ‘Top 30 players over 30’

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images D-Fo continues to be one of the Colts best players, and PFF recently recognized him for it league-wide. According to PFF, Indianapolis Colts veteran defensive tackle DeForest Buckner is among their ‘Top 30 players over the age of 30’—coming in at 23rd overall: 23. DI Deforest Buckner, Indianapolis Colts Buckner continued to anchor the Colts’ interior ...2025
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• Learning Lou’s Colts Defense: Personnel Groupings

Photo by Courtney Culbreath/Getty Images Throughout the offseason, we’ve gotten to hear about some of the Colts’ schematic changes that are coming on the defensive side of the ball. Throughout the offseason, we’ve gotten to hear from the Indianapolis Colts’ Chris Ballard, Shane Steichen, and Lou Anarumo about some of the schematic changes that are coming on the defensive side of the ball. ...2025
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• PFF lists the Colts’ top 3 players ahead of the 2025 NFL campaign

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Who are the Colts ‘Big 3’ before the 2025 regular season? According to PFF, the Indianapolis Colts’ top three players ahead of the 2025 campaign are as follows: INDIANAPOLIS COLTS OG QUENTON NELSON OT BERNHARD RAIMANN DI DEFOREST BUCKNER Nelson holds the highest WAR for any non-quarterback on the Colts, both in 2024 (0.55) and as a three-year average (...2025
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• Seahawks 2025 schedule release: Game-by-game predictions

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The schedule is out! How will the Seahawks do? With the schedule finally here, the 2025 NFL season feels just that much closer. As the Seattle Seahawks released their schedule in an “action packed” way, it didn’t take long for the fans and media to begin clashing on how they feel the Seahawks will do this year. With so much change to the roster and...2025
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• Analyzing the Colts’ Depth Chart - D/ST

Photo by Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Edge Kwity Paye, Laiatu Latu, JT Tuimoloau, Isaiah Land, Samson Ebukam, Tyquan Lewis This is a hard position to judge, if all goes well then this could be one of the best overall groups for the Colts in the past five or so seasons. Only problem is that things usually tend to go wrong for us. Kwity Paye has not developed his pass-rush ...2025
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• PFF ranks Colts DT DeForest Buckner among NFL’s ‘Top 30 players over 30’
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• Around SB Nation: Derek Carr announces retirement

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Over the weekend, Saints QB Derek Carr announced he would be retiring from the NFL. About a month ago, it was announced that New Orleans Saints QB Derek Carr was dealing with an injury that put his 2025 availability in jeopardy. With a labral tear and rotator cuff damage, Carr made the decision to step away from the football field. The Saints made co...2025
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• Re-Grading the Colts 2017 Draft

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Let’s take a look back and regrade the Colts Drafts of the Chris Ballard era. Starting with the 1st year of his tenure: 2017. Let’s go back to 2017... Distracted boyfriend became the meme of the year. Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 were hitting the big screens. Kendrick Lamar dropped DAMN. and everyone was listening...2025
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• What is the Colts’ biggest need after the draft?

Grace Hollars/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images The draft has come and gone and all eyes are on the start of mini camp and eventually training camp. The Colts did a good job of addressing some needs in free agency and in the draft, but still have some holes left. What are those holes and what is the biggest remaining need(s)? Linebacker Zaire Franklin might be a tackling machine, but he’...2025
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• Colts edge Laiatu Latu named among NFL.com’s ‘2nd-year breakout candidates’

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images While it wasn’t spectacular, Colts defensive end Laiatu Latu had a real solid rookie year and could be poised for a breakout sophomore campaign. Indianapolis Colts edge Laiatu Latu is listed among NFL.com’s ‘2nd-year breakout candidates’ after a promising rookie debut last year: Laiatu Latu Indianapolis Colts · Edge I thought Latu was the best pass rushe...2025
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• NFL Draft Day 3: what Colts fans should watch for

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Time to dig that trench, baby! The 2025 NFL Draft is nearly halfway through and the Indianapolis Colts have made three selections through three rounds. Those picks are: 14. Tyler Warren, Tight End, Penn State 44. JT Tuimoloau, Defensive End, Ohio State 80. Justin Walley, Cornerback, Minnesota The third day of the draft is typically where teams are built. ...2025
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• Best available players for the Colts in Round 2

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Which players fell out of Round 1 that could potentially end up available at pick 45 for the Colts to snag? Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Mike Green, Edge, Marshall On tape, Green looks like Edge 2 in this class behind only Abdul Carter. However his off the field concerns with 2 separate sexuall assault allegations in High Sc...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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• 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]"

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"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."

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• PFF ranks Colts DT DeForest Buckner among NFL’s ‘Top 30 players over 30’
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• Analyzing the Colts’ Depth Chart - D/ST
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• Around SB Nation: Derek Carr announces retirement
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• DeForest Buckner wanted to see change and is getting just that from the Colts

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The big man had big wishes and is seeing them put in play. The Indianapolis Colts needed to make changes. Big changes, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Anyone with a set of eyes could have told you that. One man who believed change was needed was DeForest Buckner. The leader on the defense knew things weren’t going in the right direction...2025
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• Colts edge Laiatu Latu named among NFL.com’s ‘2nd-year breakout candidates’
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• DeForest Buckner wanted to see change and is getting just that from the Colts
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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

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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• 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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• 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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• NFL Draft Day 3: what Colts fans should watch for
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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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