2013 indianapolis colts Fantasy Preview
Andrew Luck became a low-end No. 1 fantasy QB as a rookie, and will enter 2013 the same way, but with higher expectations. Vick Ballard took over the main rushing duties and wound up with over 100 more attempts than Donald Brown. Reggie Wayne wasn't just Luck's favorite wideout, the QB had tunnel vision for him, as there were only three games last season that Wayne wasn't targeted at least 10 times. 1,355 receiving yards later, Wayne turned into one of the biggest steals of your draft. T.Y. Hilton was a revelation, the dangerous rookie posting four 100+ yard games and turning into a huge deep threat averaging over 17 yards per catch. The wrestling match between Dwayne Allen and Coby Fleener for fantasy value was won by Allen in a surprise considering Fleener played with Luck at Stanford. Allen didn't have big numbers, but he was a decent red zone threat and he basically doubled all of Fleener's production. However, both of them seem to be splitting the job, so it's hard to see either of them as a No. 1 fantasy TE right now.
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Most of the Colts additions in the off-season were on the defensive side of the ball, but they did make a late move in free agency by bringing in Darrius Heyward-Bey at WR. He showed glimpses of breaking out in Oakland, but was never able to be consistent enough. There will be plenty of passes to go around in Indianapolis, so it's quite possible Hey-Bey could eventually be a bye-week/injury replacement WR for you in 2013. Just don't expect the moon.
While Reggie Wayne was to fantasy in 2012 what Steve Smith was in 2011, Wayne has something Smith doesn't in Carolina: a rising number two playing opposite him. I don't think Wayne's numbers are going to take a dive this season, but Hilton will surely eat into them. For another comparison of these two WR's, look to Atlanta, where Hilton's almost a poor man's Julio Jones - expect Wayne to move the chains, and Hilton to hit it on big plays. I'd lay off Wayne, who's going to go mega-early in your draft, and grab Hilton a little bit later. I know Vick Ballard has the majority of the running game to himself, but he wasn't that productive from a statistical standpoint. He averaged less than 4.0 yards per rush, despite carrying the football over 15 times a game in the final 11 weeks. Is he a hidden gem? Possibly. But I think he's a limited RB who, unless he produces more will find himself sharing time - and the football - with Brown and others.
| POS | FIRST | SECOND | THIRD | OTHER |
| QB | Andrew Luck | Matt Hasselbeck | Chandler Harnish | - |
| RB | Ahmad Bradshaw | Vick Ballard | Donald Brown | Delone Carter |
| WR | Reggie Wayne | T.Y. Hilton | Darrius Heyward-Bey | Nathan Palmer |
| TE | Dwayne Allen | Coby Fleener | Weslye Saunders | Dominique Jones |
| K | Adam Vinatieri | Brandon McManus | - | - |
( ) Projected Round
| # | Name | Pos. Rank |
| 1 | Reggie Wayne | 14 |
| 2 | Andrew Luck | 6 |
| 3 | Ahmad Bradshaw | 25 |
| 4 | T.Y. Hilton | 39 |
| 5 | Vick Ballard | 48 |
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