Nice piece today about how the Colts plan on moving Wayne around.
“I love it. I do,” Wayne said of being quarterback Peyton Manning’s moving target. “Two years ago, the best year of my career.”
That would be 2007. A knee injury forced right-side starter Marvin Harrison to miss 11 games and left Wayne as the only proven receiver. Limiting him to wide left would have made him an easy target for opposing defenses.
So the Colts moved Wayne here, there and everywhere. The result: 104 receptions, 1,510 yards — both career highs — and 10 touchdowns. He earned the second of three consecutive Pro Bowl berths.
“Nobody really understood where I was going to be,” said Wayne, the team’s first-round draft pick in 2001. “Nobody could have a bead on me. Ended up with 1,500 yards. Gotta love that.”
I swear that if this team can protect Manning effectively, this is going to be a scary good offense.
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