With the NFL Draft just two days away, the Colts Authority Community mock draft (#CAmock) is nearly through two rounds. We'll hopefully make it through at least part of the 3rd round before the draft actually occurs (I'll be a little quicker to move to admin picks in an attempt to get through). 

Nevertheless, it's time to unveil to the world, if you haven't been keeping up on your own, some of the results of our efforts. We've had a great turnout and execution by the vast majority of the GMs, and it's been a great experience for myself (and hopefully for you all as well). With that in mind, here are your results for the first round of the CA Mock. As always, you can find the list of all picks, explanations, and remaining prospects on the community doc. 

Baltimore Colt great and Hall of Famer Lenny Moore is being honored this week by his hometown of Reading, PA.

He was Marshal Faulk before there was a Marshal Faulk, Moore is still the fourth leading receiver in franchise history behind Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne and Raymond Berry. Moore rushed and received for 11,000 yards and scored more than 100 career touchdowns playing alongside John Unitas.

Moore is being honored as part of the "Hometown Hall of Famers" program as presented by Allstate and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Moore's career was groundbreaking both because of his affect on modern football as a pass-catching running back and as one of the pioneer African-American players in the NFL.

This week I had the truly special honor of speaking to this Colts legend.

The Colts schedule for 2013 came out this evening.  This year, along with their divisional games, they will face the AFC West and NFC West, as well as battles against fellow second-place division finishers, Cincinnati and Miami.  The Miami game will be a rematch of last year’s 23-20 Colts victory that saw Andrew Luck throw for a rookie record 433 yards along with two touchdowns, as Indy outscored the Dolphins 10-3 in the second half.  (continued after the jump)

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The Colts are back to practicing and having meetings again.  The excitement and drama of the football season are still months away, but the work has already begun. 

Hasselbeck on Luck: Reducing Unnecessary Hits

Among questions about his role, his new team, and an entertaining bet with Chandler Harnish over jersey numbers (click here for the video), Matt Hasselbeck mostly spoke about Andrew Luck.  When someone asked him where Luck could improve, the Colts new backup was very candid.  “He’s pretty strong right now,” Hasselbeck said. “For me, I think really not knowing anything right now just the amount of hits he takes is probably unnecessary. If you’re going to play 20-game seasons and maybe more than that for years and years and years, there’s probably some opportunities to cut some hits down. Eliminating five hits a game, those add up. Right now he’s very, very good at everything that we’ve talked about, everything that we’ve done so far, he’s impressive in every way.”

Join Greg Cowan and Rohan Bhasin as they discuss the DHB signing and the latest off-season news and notes. At 9:30pm, we'll be joined by Derek Schultz from 1260 WNDE to discuss all of the Colts off-season moves and more.

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The NFL Draft is near, about 9 days away now, and, apart from their extensive pro day schedule, the Colts have hosted a handful of intriguing players at their west 56^th Street complex in the past week.  With the unpredictability of the draft, it’s a toss-up whether any of these players will be drafted by Indianapolis.  However, in most cases – unless it’s some elaborate bluff – an individual workout does indicate some level of interest from the team.  So, today, we’ll take a quick look at four of the players who have reportedly visited the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center in the past week. 

Robert Woods, WR, USC, 1^st – 2^nd Round Projection

Southern California Wide Receiver Robert Woods (6-1, 201, or 6-0, 201, depending on the source), projected in the late first to early second round of the draft, has had a workout with the Colts in Indianapolis as recently as Monday, according to Pro Football Talk, and Mike Chappell of The Indianapolis Star.

CA Mock Draft List and Big Board

Welcome to the 2013 Colts Authority Community Mock Draft! Without being too verbose, let's just get right into this. 

The mock draft will be run largely on Twitter, although the big board and pick list will be available through the link at the top and bottom of this page, and this page will be pinned to the top of Colts Authority (top left) for the duration of the mock. 

We're going to try and get through as many rounds as we can before the NFL Draft begins on Thursday, April 25.

After each pick is turned into me (via Twitter or email), I will announce it on Twitter and update the draft pick list. The next pick's owner will then be notified through Twitter (and/or email if applicable). If a team's pick is not made w/in 12 hours of it being announced, the pick will be made by the draft administrators (me). The GM isn't required to send me an explanation of the pick immediately, but I would like a brief (couple sentences is fine) explanation soon after, at least for the first round or so. 

Note- We will NOT be doing trades in this year's mock, due to the time constraints and varying degrees of experience in our GMs. This may be an option in future years, but not this year.

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Yesterday, it was announced that the Colts had signed a unique free agent: Lieutenant Josh McNary (LB, 6-0, 251 pounds, 25 yrs. old), a West Point Graduate whose active duty ends next month.  According to Mike Chappell of The Indianapolis Star, McNary’s enlistment understandably prevented him from being drafted two years ago. 

McNary racked up 12.5 sacks in 2011 including 4 in one game with career totals of 28 sacks and 49 tackles for a loss; all school records.  Indianapolis signed McNary – on his birthday, no less, after his standout performance in the NFL Super Regional Combine in Texas.  He expects to be able to join the team sometime after May 21, when his two-year enlistment is finished.  We'll have quotes from the newest Colt after the jump. 

When researching the top two guards in free agency this year, Andy Levitre and Louis Vasquez, I came upon a unique stat: Vasquez, in his four year career, has never hurt his team with a penalty. 

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Welcome back to the infamous #CATweetbag, or the Cat Weebag as it's affectionately known. Every Friday, I answer your questions submitted either This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Twitter.

Today we get started with a hypothetical that makes my mouth water.

The actual answer is far less creepy than that description.

Q:

@natedunlevy What's the first move you would make if you were GM for one day?

— Tom Gower (@ThomasGower) April 12, 2013