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After another incomplete season from quarterback Anthony Richardson, the Indianapolis Colts have the opportunity to make his life easier in the 2025 NFL offseason. With needs across the board, Indianapolis has a big offseason ahead of them, including the addition of key free agents. However — following free agency — attention turns to the 2025 NFL Draft, which fans are already preparing for. Not that NFL teams aren’t, but fans have the ability to see what the 2025 NFL Draft could look like with a tool like the PFN Mock Draft Simulator. In that simulator, each team makes a simulated selection, and trades can occur when the system feels it makes sense.
And in this specific simulation, there were multiple trades.
Going into the 2025 NFL Draft, the Colts have dire needs in a few specific areas.
Looking at the Colts’ depth chart, one of their biggest flaws — and most likely somewhat to blame for Anthony Richardson’s beginning-of-career woes — was their lack of tight-end production.
Of the Colts’ four rostered tight ends — aside from Jelani Woods, who got placed on season-long IR — they combined for 39 receptions for 467 and two touchdowns. That would be an average season for one tight end, so considering that it’s the production of four is alarming.
Thankfully for them, this is a deep tight-end class, so the Colts are in luck.
Along with tight end, the Colts’ biggest needs are at safety, cornerback, center, and guard.
So, with the Colts’ needs in mind, how did the PFN Mock Draft Simulator attack the first round?
The PFN Mock Draft Simulator (with trades) is a tool for fans to put themselves in the seat of a general manager for an NFL franchise during the NFL Draft. This tool compiles data from PFN’s NFL Draft big board and user-submitted mock drafts to give fans an idea of where prospects could land in the actual draft. A computer simulation made these picks and trades.
In a first round that saw seven (!) trades — including the New York Jets trading up to pick No. 4 and drafting Cam Ward — the Colts selected Tyler Warren, their tight end of the future.
With a physical build that some could compare to Rob Gronkowski, comparing them would be silly. Gronk is a Hall of Fame tight end, and Warren is a five-year starter who didn’t crack 500 yards until his fifth season.
So — while the two could look similar in pads — the comparison of the two is outlandish beyond that.
Could Warren get there one day? Who am I to say no? But, it’d be bold to assume it before he’s even tested at the NFL Scouting Combine.
With that, Warren is still [one of the...
