The defensive backs coach will be Mike Gillhamer from the University of Illinois. He has NFL experience as he was with the Carolina Panthers for several years. http://www.footballscoop.com/the-scoop

The offensive assistant Joe Gilbert was the announcement via the Indianapolis Star. He was supposed to be the offensive coordinator for UAB. http://www.indystar.com/article/20120213/SPORTS03/120213036/Colts-hire-Joe-Gilbert-offensive-assistant

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/02/uab_loses_offensive_coordinato.html

These two coaches are in addition to Gary Emanual, the new defensive line coach from Purdue, who has not been officially announced other the foxsports.com.

When Peyton signed his contract last year for 90 mil he had declined an offer for 100 mil. He made that decision because he has integrity. He easily could have gotten an extra 5 mil per year, but he chose to think about his team. That's what happens when you have heart and care about the team and not just money. They paid him a lot of money for him to sit on the sideline or in the booth last year. (Here's where the integrity kicks in again) Now how do you think he feels about having his family pay him (that's how he sees Jim and his team) to be a spectator? When Auto-Mannic returns, it will be a new deal worked out to where Luck gets lucky enough to understudy one of the best quarterbacks of all time. Now, if you have turned down $10,000,000 before to help out some other guys at your job, then got paid to watch them get hurt because your previous understudies sucked or broke, from an air conditioned booth, with those little shrimps and cocktail sauce, (ok maybe that's an exaggeration, but its plausible) wouldn't you want to go prove something to Dad?

I am conducting the draft under a couple assumptions:

1. The Colts will release Peyton Manning. I personally feel like Manning will play in 2012 for someone, but it won't be for the Colts. His rehab, although progressing, doesn't appear it will have him healthy enough by the time his $28 million roster bonus comes due, and the Colts cannot afford to lock up a question mark with that kind of money.
2. Reggie Wayne and Jeff Saturday aren't going to be re-signed. Both are Free Agents, both have played their entire careers with #18 calling the shots, and both are left on the outside looking in when the Colts bid Manning farewell. Saturday will retire and Wayne will get paid to play somewhere else.

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Superbowl Champion! Does this sound right? I know he did not take a meaningful snap from the line of scrimmage in the Superbowl and he only took one snap at LT for the Giants in the NFC championship game and got burned but did not give up the sack. But this does not sound right from a Colts fans perspective? I would just like to know your thoughts. I also taught there was an possibility of him taking some snaps at RT because McKenzie was being burnt on every passing down one on one. Other former Colts on the roster Michael Coe, Justin Tryon, and Andre Brown. I think I got them all.

This is a week old, but I hadn't run across it anywhere (notably hadn't heard of it here). Watch for yourself. This would be a really strange thing for Irsay to say if he had any plans of cutting Manning.

His thoughts on Manning playing for the Colts in 2012: "If he wants to be here, and he wants to play here, then uh, you know, that's what it's gonna be."

Not going to jump to any conclusions here but we might want to get back to at least considering the possibility of Peyton Manning playing for the Colts next year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHe-3omZ3o

I've been reading a lot of posts about how the roster is so far off that one year won't turn the team into a contender. I agree with that to a certain extent. As it stands right now I believe manning will be cut and the team will be looking 2 to 3 years down the road. I hope I'm wrong but I'm afraid that I'm not. So, here's my take on the starting lineup for next year and no, I don't think the sky is falling and I do not believe that the roster is in complete shambles. Unlike some others here, I do believe that we will run a 3-4 defense next year. Maybe not 100% of the time but I think it could be our base defense next year. So, here's my thoughts:

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This was just on NFL network. It is probably the best concise clear picture I have heard on Peyton's injury. It also is from a "real" expert on the subject. This doctor does 150 fusion surgeries a year. He clears up a lot of the misconceptions many in the media have been perpetuating. He makes the same claim I found in the study quoted in my previous post. This surgery has a good recovery rate.

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I am going to do this mock 2 ways. 1. A normal mock in which I am going to be reasonable and pick BPA and Need

2. Something a bit more optimistic in the sense that some players fall to us

SCENARIO 1:

Round 1: QB Andrew Luck

Obvious choice, its obvious that the Colts will select Luck.

Round 2: OG/OT Kelechi Osemele

Osemele should be available for us, and I think that you need to work to protect Luck before you can focus on anything else. With the Osemele pick we will have two bookend tackles in Ijalana and Castanzo with 1 dominant guard in Osemele. WE can address the OC and other OG position later in the draft, or have current players step in.

Round 3: Josh Champan DT/NT

Out D-Line is possibly one of the worst in the NFl, in stopping the run. We have absolutely no size anywhere along the line and now that we are switching to 3-4 we need to add some size, and Chapman is a good fit.

Round 4: Leonard Johnson CB

Leonard is predicted to be a late 3rd to early 4th so hopefully he is there. We do need to improve the Backfield and this pick can be the beginning of that.

Round 4 Comp: Sean Spence OLB

He is a late 4 or early 5 so he could be available here, its not too much of a reach. We need to improve our LB core, which is pretty good already but needs some more depth.

Round 5: Jarius Wright WR

Wright should be a good replacement for Wayne, who I expect to follow Manning's lead.

Round 6: Akeim Hicks DT/NT

We got Chapman in the 3rd and now we continue to add size with Hicks. He can play NT and Chapman can play 3-4 DT

Round 7: Asa Jackson CB

Add another cornerback to our pretty bad backfield.

Round 7 Comp: Garth Gerhart OC

Possible replacement for Saturday but more likely to just add depth to the line

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This is a mock draft for the Indianapolis Colts based on team needs and players that are quite capable of feeling in holes and adding much needed depth. This mock is not to be taking seriously as it is just based on speculation and writing with the limited knowledge of the 2012 Draft Class.

The difference between this mock and the last one is that the 1st Overall selection is being mocked as traded away to the Cleveland Browns for two 1st Round picks (4th and 22nd overall), a 3rd Round (68th overall), and a 4th Round (118th overall) in the 2012 NFL Draft.

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It's not that different from Version 4.0, which I did like, but there are still a few changes I made to it in the later rounds. Lemme know what you think.

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