How is that ANY different than both you and MRW saying that Duke Robinson and/or Alex Mack would be good picks? I mean, the Colts have drafted 6 lineman (5 Guards/Centers) since 2006. There’s two guard spots on the roster. And 2 RBs, including 1 #1 including 2 UDFAs this offseason (which would be the equivalent as Gijon) for one spot.

It’s completely different. First off, there are only 2 TE spots (unless you run 3 TE formations which the Colts DON’T do), and 4 TEs to work with. So that’s two starters, and two backups. The thing is, we still need to see what Tamme and Santi are made of. Now compare that to the o-line, where you have 2 guard positions and a center. It’d be wise to have some depth behind those guys incase one or more of them goes down. We have Saturday, Pollak, and Richard as the most likely candidates to become starters. Their depth would consist of Justice, Barnes, DeVan, Johnson, and Lilja. The last two won’t be on the roster after next season, if they even make it through training camp. Lilja’s injury problems are going to be his downfall, and Johnson sucks. So that solves the problem of having too many interior lineman.

Now then, to retort to your comment about MRW and I wanting either Mack or Robinson, it must not have been too bad of an idea considering the Colts just signed two more interior lineman. Do you think Polian signed these guys for nothing? I can see what they might do with them. Or at least, I can see what would be the most obvious move.

Please, tell me, how is drafting a TE that is a better blocker than both Santi and Tamme (If Tamme ever plays on the line, I’d worry) and a pretty decent receiver in his own right? Not to mention that Diem was given more credit for sucking than was really the case.

How do you know Pettigrew is a better blocker than Santi and Tamme? Surely you couldn’t be basing this on their playing time last season.

Pettigrew is a PHENOMENAL blocker. I promise you adding him to the end of the line and putting Dallas in the Clark would not only improve the passing game, but would improve our run blocking and stretch plays more than any tackle would. By the way, we run a 2 TE set as our base, so there’s just as many TE spots as there are OG and OT. I would much rather have Dallas in the slot than some rookie, and would rather have Pettigrew blocking on the line than any of our TEs on the roster, including Dallas.

My argument against drafting another TE, specifically in the first round, is that if we are just looking for a TE who’s primary job is to block, then lets go after someone who isn’t touted as a “great TE”, but as a great blocker. To me, that doesn’t warrant a 1st round pick, especially if we can fill a need such as CB, RB, or an OT with first round talent. It’s not like Santi is some chump. The guy is pretty big, 6’3" 250lbs. He just happened to be hurt last season and received no playing time. This is just another case of “let’s draft the next big thing” instead of testing what we have.

I forgot to add that he’d replace 2 TEs that went on IR.