It seems the recent addition of future Hall of Famer Frank Gore to the formerly moribund Indianapolis Colts stable of running backs won't keep the franchise from considering a player like former Georgia ballcarrier Todd Gurley in the first-round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
According to a report from Charlie Campbell of Walter Football, the Colts are hosting Gurley for a visit and, more importantly, are very open to the possibility of spending their first-round pick on a running back.
"The disaster of the Trent Richardson trade is still fresh in the minds of Colts fans, but despite that blunder, the Colts are giving consideration to using their 2015 first-round pick on a running back," reports Campbell. "Indianapolis signed veteran Frank Gore in free agency, but that isn't stopping the Colts from bringing in Georgia running back Todd Gurley on a pre-draft visit, according to sources. "
Richardson was an absolutely abysmal failure in two seasons for the Colts before being jettisoned by Indianapolis this offseason, despite the fact that GM Ryan Grison flipped a first-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for him.
Gore, 31, has posted four 1,000-yard rushing seasons in a row and has reached the 1,000-yard makr eight out of the last nine years. He's still incredibly effective at his age and it's likely he can perform at an elite level for at least another season or two.
Vick Ballard is a talented, versatile player but a complete question mark after missing the entire 2014 season. Dan Herron is a steady veteran with unreliable ball security.
Gurley is widely viewed as the top running back and most electrifying ballcarrier in the 2015 NFL Draft. Were it not for an ACL tear in November, Gurley - who a respected NFL talent evaluator told Ian Rapoport of NFL.com is the best running back to enter the NFL Draft since Adrian Peterson - would likely go within the top-10 selections.
As it stands, he'll likely go well before the Colts pick at No. 29, so in order to actually reach him Grigson would need to trade up to at least somewhere in the middle of the first-round.
While Gore's presence would seemingly make such a move unnecessary and, perhaps, highly questionable, if Gurley is truly the next Peterson it would be hard to fault Grigson for paying just about any price in order to obtain him.
