Building a solid offensive line was never supposed to be a decade-long project for the Indianapolis Colts.
But since the retirement of left tackle Tarik Glenn during the 2007 offseason, the Colts have been behind. From their drafting of busts such as Tony Ugoh to the signing, and starting, of free agents Samson Satele and Mike McGlynn, to say the Colts have struggled in linemen acquisition would be the understatement of the offseason.
The list of offensive linemen drafted since that 2007 offseason is a graveyard of NFL careers.
- Anthony Castonzo, 2011 (60 games started)
- Mike Pollak, 2008 (52)
- Tony Ugoh, 2007 (28)
- Hugh Thornton, 2013 (20)
- Jack Mewhort, 2014 (14)
- Jamey Richard, 2008 (11)
- Jacques McClendon, 2010 (5)
- Khaled Holmes, 2013 (2)
- Steve Justice, 2008 (1)
- Jaimie Thomas, 2010 (0)
- Ulrick John, 2014 (0)
- Justin Anderson, 2012 (0)
- Ben Ijalana, 2011 (0)
Some of the more recent picks could still go on to have nice, long careers, but right now, only Castonzo and Mewhort have shown enough to provide optimism that they could be decent starters in the long term.