serious.

That’s my entire point of liking him. I don’t want him to be a straight receiver or a straight RB. That’s actually one of the types of players who makes your team extremely dynamic and allow you to do so much more than the norm. Think of Leon Washington, Deshaun Jackson (granted mainly a receiver but he does end arounds and returns), Reggie Bush (RB version of Jackson). And I agree normally it doesn’t transition well from college to the pros, but for the most part I can tell when someone looks natural at doing something and when they’re just a good athlete and can get away with doing it in college. For example, Tebow isn’t going to transition to the NFL and dominate like he did with the Gators. Percy grew up locally and went to a highschool about 15 minutes from my place. They’ve kept tabs on him pretty well. Just watch his runs and leave out his receiving highlights, he looks like a very good RB, you wouldn’t even guess that he’s supposed to be a WR. Now take out his runs and only watch his receiving, you’d never guess he could run like he does. And seriously, special teams coverage and returning are by far the most undervalued aspect of the game. The Chargers have proven that. Alot of teams have shown recently what a legit returner that can also add to other aspects of the game can add to the team. If we had any one of Cribbs, Hester, Manning (that’d be cool huh?), Washington, Sproles, and Parish just to mention a few, you can’t deny we’d be significantly better. We’re 28th in KR and dead last in PR. And those aren’t just numbers that don’t mean much. Our offense for years covered for it, but it’s been a pretty significant issue the past couple years.

I’m not saying put a guy like that on the outside, no way, he’d definitely be best suited to the slot anyway. If you put a guy with 4.3 speed in the slot with Wayne and Gonzo out the outside, I garauntee you Addai starts looking like a stud again. And now add to it that the dude can actually run, I’m not talking about WR trying to play RB running (Reggie Bush), I’m saying this guy could spend his entire career as a RB and be respectable. He wouldn’t be insane, but he’d have a better than average career. You put him him for about 8 carries per game and he’d do some damage with the potential of hitting a home run. We’ve lost our home run ability. We’re not the big play Colts anymore. I’m not saying it’s bad, but to have the threat of it is enough to make people start to say “Woah, guess we can’t play them 18 yards deep zones anymore because even if they’re not going to run, that dude might blow by us.” Every single time he touches the ball, he looks like he’s half an inch away from breaking it for a score or he does score. And his catches were NFL caliber catches. They weren’t “oh look at me I’m so fast nobody in college can keep up with me”, they were “dude’s hanging on me, I’m behind him and I end up with the ball” type catches.

Peyton’s never had an legit explosive player before. I understand alot of those guys don’t transition well, but call it a hunch, but I think Peyton could make ease the dudes transition and make him look good doing it. And if you want to say that his speed won’t transition well, look at the youtube link I posted and go to about 1:45 into it. The Arkansas DB is up the field on him, has position, and he’s definitely not slow. Then you see Percy drop his head, lift it, and just kick it into another gear. The guy had no chance of catching him at all.

Everyone has made their statements and arguments for the draft. Mine was adamently for a DT. However, I saw the validity of several other arguments. RB and WR being right up there. I’ve also made the case to find a legit returner because a polite term to use on our return game is “utter and complete stinky crap”. If this dude happens to fall when it’s our time to pick, I’m just saying, I wouldn’t be unhappy if they pushed DT to the second round and took him. I think he immediately helps the return game, could add a spark to the running game, and by the mid to end of the season, knowing Manning he’ll have him looking pretty decent. We have to face the grim future of life without Harrison. Wayne, Gonzalez, Clark are better than most, but it’s not the same as Harrison, Wayne, Clark, Edge.

And like I said, I’m not saying go after any dude, I’m saying that I wouldn’t be upset at all if they put off a DT, OT etc and took him instead. He may not significantly improve any one individual spot, although I think he’d be a phenomenal receiver if he can learn the routes in the slot and a sick returner, he’d add another weapon that isn’t the mantra that the Colts have been showing for a few years now. Aside from the SB win, we’ve been at a crossroads in the playoffs regularly scratching our heads. Could this guy end up sucking? Sure, first rounders end up sucking more than they end up making the HoF, but him, or a player similar to him, could be exactly what we’re looking for to throw at teams that are expecting the same Colts year after year.

And shake, I know about Brackett’s contract. What I’m saying is the dude’s not exactly young, might want more money than we’re willing to give him and could probably get a better offer somewhere else, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he leaves. And alot of teams run the Tampa 2 now, or at least the mockery they’ve made of it. The Bears, Bucs, and Colts are the teams these other guys like to rape during free agency. And with all the movement going on, we don’t know where Marinelli is going to end up but I promise you if he doesn’t go to a Tampa 2 he gets hired to implement it. Right now of course Detroit, KC, Chicago, Indy, Buffalo, and SD and Dallas run 3-4 “hybrid” versions of the T2. And if Meeks goes somewhere, that’s another possibility of it cropping up somewhere else, so I wouldn’t dismiss the likelyhood of other teams throwing their hats in. I’ll cede the point that some teams will stop trying to do it as well, but any Cover 2 or 4-3 would like to have Brackett. And Brackett’s proven himself more than June had at this point in his career. He’s an opportunist and people love that in players. He just always seems to be exactly where he needs to be to make some ridiculous play or turnover. Brackett’s the man, I really do hope we keep him, I’m just saying I wouldn’t be shocked.

The draft is on April 25th and 26th.