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Colts open to moving down draft board again

Brian Spurlock / USA TODAY Sports

Less than a week away from the 2018 NFL Draft, it sounds like a lot of teams currently picking in the top 10 are interested in moving down.

The Cleveland Browns are open to trading their first and fourth overall picks, the New York Giants will consider parting with their No. 2 selection, and the Denver Broncos could deal the fifth pick. The Indianapolis Colts already traded back from third to sixth overall in March, and general manager Chris Ballard says they're willing to move even further down the draft board.

"We feel good about the player that's going to be there," Ballard told NFL Network's "Good Morning Football" on Friday. "When we made the trade we thought a lot about the depth of the draft ... if there's two quarterbacks that go in the top six picks, are we going to feel comfortable with the fourth-best position player? And we do, we feel very comfortable with that. But saying that, we will be open to moving back if it's the right thing for us to do and there's enough players on the board - depending on how far we have to move back - that we feel comfortable taking."

This year's draft is top-heavy with quarterback prospects, which the Colts have no need for with Andrew Luck still employed. That makes Indy a likely trade partner for a quarterback-needy team that's currently picking after them.

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