Quarterback

Drew Stanton is currently the #1 quarterback on their depth chart. Hmm…I wonder who they’ll draft #1 overall.

Tight End

Dallas Clark and Jacob Tamme are gone. The top tight end on their roster is Brody Eldridge. Eldridge has 14 career catches. In 4 years at Oklahoma, he caught 12 passes. He’s a big blocker, but nothing more. Andrew Luck’s former favorite weapon at Stanford, Coby Fleener probably won’t get past them at 34 in the 2^nd round.

Nose Tackle

The Colts are switching to a 3-4 defense, but they don’t have any defensive players who weigh more than 310 pounds. They need one of those big, 2 down, true run stuffing nose tackles for their new defense.

Cornerback

The Colts ranked 26^th in YPA allowed last season. It’s hard to believe that they have 3 needs bigger than this, but they do. Jerraud Powers and Kevin Thomas are penciled in as the starters for next season.

Wide Receiver

They resigned Reggie Wayne in a surprise move, but he’s their only proven wide receiver and he’s 34 in November. Austin Collie has never done anything without Peyton Manning and he has a checkered injury past. Blair White was just cut.

 

Offensive Tackle

Anthony Castonzo had a solid rookie year and is moving to left tackle full time. At right tackle, they brought in Winston Justice to compete with Jeff Linkenbach, who allowed 9 sacks and 35 pressures, while committing 4 penalties at left and right tackle last season. Justice was awful in 2010 with the Eagles, the last time he was a starter. I hope they don’t think the position is fixed.

Guard

Mike Pollak and Ryan Diem are gone. Ben Ijalana will be moving to guard after the 2011 2^nd round pick missed most of last season with injury. Opposite him, Joe Reitz will be given his first chance to be a full time starter. They may want some competition for him.

Middle Linebacker

Gary Brackett was part of their veteran purge. He was expected to start inside next to Pat Angerer, but now Kavell Connor is penciled in as the starter. Connor really struggled last season on the outside, so they’ll want some competition.

Running Back

Joseph Addai is a free agent who probably won’t return. They won’t miss him, but it’s not like Delone Carter and Donald Brown are much better. However, with so many other needs, they probably won’t be able to address this one. 

Rush Linebacker

Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis are both over 30. Freeney is also a free agent after next season. They’ve shopped him around this offseason, but it appears they’ll hang on to him. He might not be back next season. Meanwhile, 2010 1st round pick Jerry Hughes has yet to do anything yet.