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Colts

Indianapolis to remain perennial contender?

March 8, 2010

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Coming off the loss to the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV the Indianapolis Colts have their work cut out for them entering the offseason. Quarterback Peyton Manning will be entering the final year of his contract with the team in 2010, as the final two years have [...]

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2009 Active Roster Draft Batting Average

February 11, 2010

In the last few columns we’ve made mention of a draft batting average for both the Saints and Colts. We hadn’t really explored the concept of what this means, so we figured we’d present our data for the entire league since this is something that we plan on monitoring.
One of the questions we posed [...]

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What’s next for Manning and the Colts?

February 10, 2010

During the Manning era the Colts have been very good at creating continuity by retaining their own players. The teams boasts 28 players on their active roster that were drafted by the team, a draft batting average of .528, which is good for fifth in the league based on 2009 regular season rosters.
From Manning [...]

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2009 Playoff Teams and the Draft

January 10, 2010

As part of our continuing analysis of the impact of the draft on NFL rosters we have taken a look at the 2009 playoff teams. The graphic above shows the relation between the different teams, the average of their overall draft picks and the number of team drafted players on the current active roster [...]

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OTC: San Francisco (#29 from Indianapolis)

April 27, 2008

San Francisco 49ers
2007 Record: 5-11
2008 1st Round Selection:
Kentwan Balmer, DT, North Carolina (UNC)
Last Five 1st Round Picks:
2007 – Patrick Willis (ILB / #11)
2007 – Joe Staley (OT / #28)
2006 – Vernon Davis (TE / #6)
2006 – Manny Lawson (OLB / #22)
2005 – Alex Smith (QB / #1)
Other DL 1st Round Selections (Last 20 Years):
2001 – [...]

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Day #19: Marvin Harrison

April 7, 2008

Marvin Harrison – WR – Syracuse
1996 Draft / 1st Round / Indianapolis Colts
Drafted in the receiver rich 1996 draft, Marvin Harrison has become one of the elite receivers in NFL history. It would take more space in this post than we have available to detail his many accomplishments, as well as the NFL and Colts [...]

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Day #22: Andre Rison

April 4, 2008

Andre Rison – WR – Michigan State
1989 Draft / 1st Round / Indianapolis Colts
Andre Rison entered the league during the 1989 season from Michigan State and showed great promise catching 52 passes for 820 yards and 4 touchdowns in his rookie season with the Colts. Despite his performance, the Colts traded Rison and their Pro [...]

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Day #30: Reggie Wayne

March 27, 2008

Reggie Wayne – WR – University of Miami
2001 Draft / 1st Round / Indianapolis Colts
Coming out of the “U” in 2001, Reggie Wayne was part of a resurgence for Miami football that would lead to an onslaught of former Hurricanes being drafted in the first round of the NFL draft. Between the 2001 and 2004 [...]

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Day #48: Ken Dilger

March 9, 2008

Ken Dilger – TE – Illinois
1995 Draft / 2nd Round / Indianapolis Colts
After his redshirt freshman year Ken Dilger became a four year letterman and three year starter at the University of Illinois. He was named All Big Ten in both his sophomore and senior seasons. The Indianapolis Colts would draft Dilger in the second [...]

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Day #79: Zack Crockett

February 7, 2008

Zack Crockett – RB – Florida State
1995 Draft / 3rd Round / Indianapolis Colts
After being drafted by the Indianapolis Colts Zack Crockett found it quite difficult to get playing time on the field. Playing in the same backfield as future all world running back Marshall Faulk, Crockett managed only one rushing attempt during the whole [...]

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