2011 Cincy Jungle Mock Draft - Round 2 - The Indianapolis Colts Select...

For the fifty-third pick in the second-annual Cincy Jungle Mock Draft, Ddbumpus selected is for the Indianapolis Colts, who have the standard three picks available. Here is the pick...

With the fifty-third pick in the 2011 Cincy Jungle Mock Draft, the Indianapolis Colts select...

Titus Young, WR, Boise State

This may seem a curious pick for many users. Why do the Colts need another wide receiver? Don't they just take people off the streets and make them studs? Don't they have Reggie Wayne, Pierre Garcon, Austin Collie and Anthony Gonzalez?

Well, yes, they do. But as Bill Polian I made this pick for a few reasons. Originally I wanted to go defense with this pick, preferably a safety or cornerback, but Rahim Morris, Brandon Harris, and Aaron Williams were all drafted 10-15 picks prior, and saw nobody that i didn't think I could get in the third round.

Secondly, Reggie Wayne will be a free agent at the end of the 2011-12 season and will be 33 years young in the middle of the season. They are also not sold that Garcon, Collie, or Gonzalez to fill that role of a #1. What they get in Young is a receiver that is a Desean Jackson type player that will stretch the field (as evidenced by him averaging 17.1 yards per catch his senior year) and be able to improve the Colts atrocious kick return averages (the colts averaged 19.6 yards per return, which was 28th in the NFL).

Lastly, this gives Peyton Manning another weapon and a new dimension in the Colts passing game. With this deep threat, this will open up running lanes for whomever will be carrying the rock, and hopefully get some of those safeties to stay back worrying that Young will get behind them. Let's take a look at this: TO, OchoCinco, Caldwell and Simpson all average more yards per catch on average that ANY of the Colts wide receivers (Reggie Wayne, he of 33 years old need I remind you, let the team at 12.2 yards/catch.)

All in all, this is a win now, keep Peyton stocked and loaded for now and the future move that we all know Polian loves to make. While this may not be what the Colts need the most, I see this being the pick Polian makes, with Colt nation rolling their eyes in a collective manner.

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