Don’t panic

The backup CBs we had were never that great to begin with.

Ultimately, this leaves the Colts with a few realities.  The first is, absent catastrophic injury, the squad really only uses four corner backs for defensive purposes.  Second, the only defensive contributions that require a replacement were those made by Tim Jennings, who was statistically and visually one of the worst pass defenders on the Colts.

So, even despite the injury to Kevin Thomas, all the Colts need to do is get a strong back-up and nickel contribution from one of Ray Fisher, Brandon King, Thad Turner, or Terrail Lambert in order to boast a secondary as strong 2009, with any additional contributions netting the team an upgrade.

With the potential return of Bob Sanders, and the possibility that one of the safety prospects like David Caldwell could also be used in a back-up nickel role, there is no reason to believe that the Colts secondary will be in bad shape when the season starts, and even less of a reason to believe it will be in bad shape come January.