Indianapolis Colts 2012 Draft: Day 2 Selections Create Andrew Luck's Camelot

If Andrew Luck is to serve as the Indianapolis Colts' new King Arthur, Day 2 of the NFL draft was about building his Camelot by adding the proper Knights.

There were 64 picks on Friday, and I came away more impressed with the Colts' selections than any other team in the league.

After selecting the best quarterback prospect in the past 25 years, the priority for the Colts was to surround their prized signal-caller with as many weapons as quickly as they could.

The Colts began early Friday evening by reuniting Luck with his favorite college target at Stanford, tight end Coby Fleener. The Colts tweeting owner summed it up pretty well, just count those exclamation marks.

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Wow..Fleener was there!!!! Celebration in Indy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6.6...250...runnin' 4.5!!!!!! MATCH UP NIGHTMARE!!!!!!!

— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) April 27, 2012"

Irsay had every right to be excited, along with any other Colts fan. Fleener was widely considered the finest tight end in the draft and probably should have been selected at the end of the first round. Being able to pair him with Luck from Day 1 in Indianapolis is a dream come true for the organization. Luck loves using the tight end, and Fleener will serve as Luck's security blanket from the start of training camp.

After the selection of Fleener, many speculated that the Colts would look to build on the other side of the ball. Instead, the Colts pleasantly surprised many with the selection of another tight end, Clemson's Dwayne Allen.

Jim Irsay sings the chorus again:

"

2nd TE a steal,fortify's offense and T.Y. Hilton is DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) April 28, 2012"

Allen was a steal. Not only was he considered the second best tight end in the draft by draft sites like Walterfootball.com, but he was thought to be gone in Round 2.  The Colts were able to add two weapons of heavy artillery in successive rounds, getting both at later spots than projected by most draft experts and scouts.

By having two great young tight ends, the Colts will be able to utilize many two tight-end sets that have served offensive coordinator Bruce Arians so well over the course of his career in Pittsburgh. While purely speculation on my part, expect to see many of the similar packages that we've seen used by the New England Patriots with Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez.

After adding Allen, the Colts weren't finished re-tooling the offense. They traded back into the third round and added a burner in T.Y. Hilton out of Florida International. Hilton will fill the role that was vacated by Pierre Garcon. He also will serve as an explosive return man on special teams.

The Colts received some undeserved criticism from pundits like Sports Illustrated's Peter King, but Jim Irsay defended their plan.

"

Hey Peter King,we had NO defense,unlike now,in 1998,n B Polian took 4 Offensive picks n looking back at ur comments then,u said Great Draft!

— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) April 28, 2012"

I applaud the Colts not only for their excellent plan in the draft; but also for refusing to stray from it.

The first two days of this draft were all about surrounding Luck with weapons. There was nothing better the Colts could have done. With six remaining selections on the draft's final day, the Colts still have time to add players to the defense.

Now that King Arthur (Luck) has his Knights assembled in Camelot, we can someday soon expect the guild to bring Excalibur back to the castle in the form of a Lombardi Trophy.