Indianapolis Colts Hope to Duplicate Patriots’ Success with 2 TE Draft

April 29, 2012   ·   Marco Patitucci   ·   Jump to comments

The Indianapolis Colts did what everyone expected them to do with the No. 1 overall pick, selecting Andrew Luck. But it’s what they did on Day 2 that could be equally as important in setting them up for success in the future.
The Colts drafted the two highest rated TEs in the 2012 draft class, Coby Fleener and Dwayne Allen. Fleener was taken with the 34th pick in the second round and Allen was taken with the 64th overall pick in Round 3.
Maybe they drafted Fleener because he was one of Luck's favorite targets at Stanford.
Or perhaps they were just taking who they thought were the best players available.
Or they could have been looking at a model of success set forth by one of their biggest rivals in the 2000s, the New England Patriots.
The Patriots drafted two highly rated TEs in 2010, Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, who have become the far-and-away best TE-tandem in the league in just two seasons.
In 2012, Gronkowski was the 42nd overall pick in...

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