The Colts have brought back running back Dominic Rhodes on a 1-year, $605,000 dollar contract.  Rhodes played in 10 games (2 starts) for the Raiders last season and he carried the ball 75 times for 302 yards (4.0 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also caught 11 passes for 70 yards (6.4 avg).  Rhodes has now played in 81 games (29 starts) in his NFL career and he has carried the ball 625 times for 2,576 yards (4.1 ypc) with 20 TD runs.  He has also caught 101 passes for 719 yards (7.1 avg) with 1 TD grab.  Rhodes will likely be Joseph Addai’s top backup this season and he will be a bargain at what the Colts paid for him.

The Indianapolis Colts may have reached a little bit here but Pollak was generally regarded as the 2nd best center prospect in this draft.  Pollak will likely back up Jeff Saturday for now but he will replace him in the starting lineup some day.  He can even handle some guard as he is a good trapper and puller.  Pollak is 6′3″, 299 pounds and he can run a 4.92 40 which helps him hit moving targets.  Pollak played in 46 games (36 starts) at Arizona State.  Pollak will likely have a productive career for the Colts.

The Indianapolis Colts hit their first two picks pretty well and then they added a lot of players that helped out with depth and on special teams.  WR Anthony Gonzalez was the first round pick of the Colts and he wound up playing a major role on the offense with Marvin Harrison missing most of last season.  Gonzalez played in 13 games (9 starts) for the Colts last season and he caught 37 passes for 576 yards (15.6 avg) with 3 TD grabs.  OT Tony Ugoh was taken in the 2nd round of the draft and he played well for the Colts.  Ugoh played in 11 games and he started them all.  CB Daymeion “Dante” Hughes played in 10 games as a rookie 3rd round pick last season and he made 14 tackles and defensed 2 passes.  DT Quinn Pitcock was the Colts’ other 3rd round pick last season.  He played in 9 games (1 start) for the Colts last season and he made 18 tackles and had 1.5 sacks.  Free safety Brannon Condren was the 4round pick of the Colts last season and he played in 8 games (0 starts) and he only made 5 tackles.  The Colts’ other 4th round pick last season was OLB Clint Session.  Session played in 13 games (1 start) for the Colts last season and he made 26 tackles, forced 1 fumble, defensed 2 passes and intercepted 2 passes.  WR Roy Hall was the first of the Colts’ 5th round picks last season and he played in 3 games but he didn’t catch any passes.  CB Michael Coe was the other of the Colts’ 5th round picks last season and he played in 6 games (0 starts) and he made 10 tackles and defensed a pass.  The Colts might have found a player in 7th round pick (DE) Keyunta Dawson who played in all 16 games (4 starts) for the Colts last season and he made 23 tackles, had 1 sack and he forced 1 fumble.

GRADE FOR THE 2007 SEASON:  B

GRADE FOR THE FUTURE:  B+

The Colts running game was solid in 2007.  Joseph Addai had a solid sophomore season for the Colts.  He played in 15 games (all starts) last season and he carried the ball 261 times for 1,072 yards (4.1 ypc) with 12 TD runs.  He also caught 41 passes for 364 yards (8.9 avg) with 3 TD grabs.  Addai has now played in 31 games (15 starts) in his NFL career and he has carried the ball 487 times for 2,153 yards (4.4 ypc) with 19 TD runs.  He also has caught 81 passes for 689 yards (8.5 avg) with 4 TD grabs.

Kenton Keith turned into a solid backup for the Colts this season.  He played in 16 games (1 start) last season for the Colts and he carried the ball 121 times for 533 yards (4.4 ypc) with 3 TD runs.  He also caught 13 passes for 77 yards (5.9 avg) with 1 TD grab.

Clifton Dawson played in 11 games (0 starts) last season for the Colts.  He carried the ball 30 times for 64 yards (2.1 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also caught 2 passes for 15 yards.  Dawson played in 2 games in his career before 2007 but he didn’t touch the football.

Fullback Luke Lawton didn’t get to show what he could do with the football much.  He played in 11 games (0 starts) for the Colts last season and he carried the ball 5 times for 13 yards (2.6 ypc).  He also caught 4 passes for 29 yards (7.3 avg) with 1 TD grab.  He played in 4 NFL games prior to the 2007 season and never touched the football.

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The Colts had another outstanding season even though it ended with a thud last week.  The Colts won the AFC South again last season with a sterling 13-3 regular season record.  Dungy has now been the head coach of the Colts for 6 seasons and he has compiled a record of 73-23 (.760 %) during the regular season.  He has a 7-5 (.583 %) post season record with the Colts which includes a Super Bowl Championship in the 2006 season.  Dungy has now been a head coach in the NFL for 12 years with the Colts and Bucs and he has compiled a 127-65 (.661 %) record in his NFL career and he is 9-9 (.500 %) in the post season.