“The Indianapolis Colts have traded fullback Luke Lawton to the Philadelphia Eagles for a conditional 2009 draft choice.” [via Indy Star]

The roster moves have begun.  I’d say that this move is probably a decent one for the “down the road” building up of the team (depending upon who they get).  Nothing agaist Luke Lawton, but with the current uncut roster we’re going to see more of this and if we can snag a few extra draft picks out of it instead of potentially cutting players, I say go for it.

While I think that the Indianapolis Colts made decent picks overall, it does surprise me that their picks were so offensively weighted. But as tradition goes, the Colts tend to go after the best players still available…plus they’re still developing a handful of defensive draft picks from previous years that will probably see more playing time this year.  And they picked up 13 undrafted players as well, so maybe there are some gems in that bunch.

The offensive line needed attention and they clearly addressed that.

And there’s the need to beef up the scoring threats as well since the current crew is getting older and the fact that we lost Ben Utech. And dare I mention Kenton Keith being a complete knucklehead recently.

2008 PRESEASON

2008 REGULAR SEASON

You lose the Indianapolis mayoral election in November, the Indianapolis Colts lose in their home playoff game, then you (temporarily) move to Boston and jump on the New England Patriots bandwagon. OK, maybe that’s a little “out there” on the later part, but I do find it odd that even a former Mayor of Indy can’t find a decent job in the area. I don’t even need to comment further on that as it truly speaks for itself. And frankly, I can’t blame him for jumping on the opportunity…or on the Boston Celtics bandwagon (the Indiana Pacers off-court actions of recent years are enough of a reason for anyone to disassociate with the city).

Two weeks ago I was excited to see what Simeon Rice could bring to the Indianapolis Colts’ defense after Dwight Freeney was lost for the season, but that went nowhere fast and Rice was cut from the team today.  Not a huge deal I suppose, as our defense is doing pretty well for being so “bad” as the “experts” say.