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Colts General Manager Ryan Grigson might be risk-averse anyway.

But with just six draft picks, and a stated need to “really hit this out of the park,” he might become even ore conservative when it comes to character concerns this year.

“It’s tough to stay disciplined because when you see players on film that are quote, unquote ‘game wreckers,’ you want those guys,” Grigson said, via Stephen Holder of the Indianapolis Star. “You want those guys that pop and can make an impact. We’ve gotten burned even in the later rounds with those types of guys. So, why the heck would we go early and take a guy like that?”

While he didn’t mention him by name, that could preclude the Colts from filling a pass-rush need with a player such as Noah Spence, who was kicked out of Ohio State and eventually banned from the Big Ten for multiple failed drug tests.

He could clearly help the Colts if he’s eligible, but after whiffing on first-rounders recently, Grigson can’t afford a big mistake. When first-rounders have been spent on Trent Richardson, Bjoern Werner and a yet-to-produce Phillip Dorsett, the chances that Grigson will make a safe bet are safer than they’ve ever been.