It’s on him. He’s been great. Now he needs to be better.
Jerraud acts as if he’s been here on this earth before,” Colts coach Jim Caldwell said. “He is just wise beyond his years in terms of the way in which he acts and functions.”
Those qualities will be tested Sunday night at Lucas Oil Stadium. Powers’ eighth start will come against a New England team that features quarterback Tom Brady, wide receivers Randy Moss and Wes Welker, and the NFL’s second-ranked passing game.
The Colts hope Powers’ precocity sustains him. It has been apparent from the first practice in their third-round draft pick’s first minicamp. He carried himself like a five-year veteran.
“That’s exactly the way Antoine Bethea was,” Colts president Bill Polian recalled. “Certain guys are that way. You can’t predict it, but you know it when you see it.”
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