Mock Lobster: Mike Walbert (Pick #7)

When you think Indianapolis Colts, you think Ben Utecht.

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Mock Draft Pick #7: Mike Walbert selects Ben Utecht, TE, Ind (and definitely not Joseph Addai, RB, Ind)

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Ben Utecht 2006 Receiving Stats: 37 catches, 377 yards, 0 touchdowns

Joseph Addai 2006 Rushing Stats: 226 carries, 1081 yards, 7 touchdowns

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If you look at the above numbers, it's a no brainer that you'd want to pick Ben Utecht at #7. Not Joseph Addai. While Addai may have had a great rookie year splitting carries with Dominic Rhodes, who has since left for Oakland, you'd be crazy to pick him seventh overall. Most scouts agree that Utecht is the key player to watch in this dynamic Indianapolis offense. Sure, Joseph Addai may have put up 143 yards in a breakout Super Bowl performance, but Ben Utecht caught 1 pass for 8 yards in the same game. That's nothing to sneeze at. Utecht also caught 18 passes for first downs last season, and that means Peyton Manning will look his way early and often next year. And as long as Manning is throwing to Utecht, he certainly won't be handing off to Addai. No, there's almost no reason at all to mention Joseph Addai in this preview of Mike's selection, who I'm 99.9% sure will be Ben Utecht.

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Unless he takes Joseph Addai instead.