ON THE CLOCK-INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

Dr. Donovan

With the 27th pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Indianapolis Colts select……………

We have been able to pretty much pencil in the Indianapolis Colts for a play-off birth every year over the last decade. The Colts are undergoing a lot of changes lately but with Peyton at the helm and healthy, I would still bet on them being one of the top teams in the AFC. If there are 3 things we know in life are a constant it’s death, taxes and the Colts not missing on their 1st round pick.

Since 1998 these are some of the Colts 1st round picks, QB P.Manning, RB E James, WR R. Wayne, DE D. Freeney, TE Dallas Clark, S Bob Sanders, RB Joseph Addai and WR Anthony Gonzalez.

Sweet Mary mother of baby Jesus, Tony Dungy and Bill Polian are 1st round draft genius’s. If I was the Lions I would hire Dungy just to sit in their War Room on draft day.

This year after losing Dungy as head coach, the Colts lost a key member of there team and arguably the best QB / WR tandem of all time when they lost Marvin Harrison. Harrison is at the end of his career however and Reggie Wayne has become Manning’s go to guy at the WR spot. The question for the Colts with the 27th pick will be if they decide to replace Harrison for a #2 WR or will 2007’s 1st rounder, Anthony Gonzalez move into the #2 spot.

I personally think they will go with a DT with the first pick even though I don’t know much about Jim Caldwell, the new head coach. The Colts could get the #2 DT Peria Jerry at the #27 spot possibly and if he is not there they could go with LB Clay Matthews from USC or LB James Lauranitis if he is still available, which he very well could be.

If the Colts decide to go with a WR, expect them to get a possession guy in Kenny Britt from Rutgers or possibly Percy Harvin from Florida .

With the 26th pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Baltimore Ravens select……………