Is Pushing for Shawn Marion the Right Move? by Evan Massey

The Indianapolis Colts have released their first depth chart of the season. The unofficial list was released heading into Thursday night’s preseason game against the New York Jets.

Coach Chuck Pagano stated that every position was written in pencil, save one that was in thick black ink. One lucky QB can sleep soundly knowing that his position is safe.

There will likely be a number of little changes in the coming weeks, but it gives us a good idea of the bubble (and rookie) players standing with the team.

Base Offense:

WR: 1) Reggie Wayne 2) Hakeem Nicks 3) Da’Rick Rogers; 4) Josh Lenz; 5) Eric Thomas; 6) Nu’Keese Richardson

LT: 1) Anthony Castonzo 2) Joe Reitz) Ulrick John

LG: 1) Jack Mewhort 2) Chad Anderson 3) Eric Pike

C: 1) Khaled Holmes 2) Jonotthan Harrison 3) FN Lutz

RG: 1) Hugh Thornton 2) Lance Louis 3) Josh Walker

RT: 1) Gosder Cherilus 2) Xavier Nixon 3) Matt Hall

TE: 1) Dwayne Allen 2) Coby Fleener 3) Jack Doyle 4) Weslye Saunders 5) Erik Swoope

WR: 1) T.Y. Hilton 2) Donte Moncrief 3) Griff Whalen 4) Tony Washington 5) Ryan Lankford

QB: 1) Andrew Luck 2) Andrew Hasselbeck 3) Chandler Harnish

FB: 1) Mario Harvey 2) Cameron White 3) Stanley Havili (PUP)

HB: 1) Trent Richardson 2) Ahmad Bradshaw 3) Daniel Herron 4) Zurlon Tipton 5) Phillip Tanner 6) Davin Meggett

Base 3-4 Defense

DE: 1) Cory Redding 2) Ricky Jean Francois 3) Tyler Hoover

NT: 1) Josh Chapman 2) Montori Hughes 3) Brandon McKinney

DT: 1) Arthur Jones 2) Jeris Pendleton 3) Zach Kerr 4) Nnamdi Obukwelu

SLB: 1) Erik Walden 2) Jonathan Newsome 3) Andy Studebaker

Mike LB: 1) D’Qwell Jackson 2) Kelvin Sheppard 3) Andrew Jackson

Will LB: 1) Jerrell Freeman 2) Josh McNary 3) Henoc Muamba 4) Jonathan Sharpe

Rush LB: 1) Robert Mathis 2) Bjoern Werner 3) Cam Johnson 4) Daniel Adongo

LCB: 1) Greg Toler 2) Josh Gordy 3) Sheldon Price 4) Johnny Adams 5) Loucheiz Purifoy

SS: 1) Delano Howell 2) Mike Adams 3) Colts Anderson 4) Dewey McDonald

FS: 1) LaRon Landry 2) Sergio Brown 3) David Sims

RCB: 1) Vontae Davis 2) Darius Butler 3) Marcus Burley 4) Qua Cox 5) Kameron Jackson

Special Teams:

P: Pat McAfee

K: 1) Adam Vinatieri 2) Cody Parkey

LS: Matt Overton

KR: 1) Donte Moncrief 2) Daneil Herron

PR: 1) T.Y. Hilton 2) Griff Whalen

Some considerations: