2012 NFL Mock Draft: Colts Won't Have Opportunity to Select Andrew Luck

The “Suck for Luck” campaign has been sweeping through the nation at a rate not seen since “Bieber Fever”. There are teams that are jockeying for position, as the worst team in the NFL. 

Three teams currently sit at the bottom of the NFL, but only two of them have a need for the Stanford QB Andrew Luck, those teams being the Indianapolis Colts and the Miami Dolphins. 

The Colts are a terrible team, but, they aren’t as bad as this Dolphins team. 

For the Colts, they have the better quarterback playing now, in Curtis Painter over Matt Moore. They have the better running backs in Joseph Addi over Daniel Thomas. They have the better crop of receivers in Reggie Wayne and Pierre Garçon over Brandon Marshal and Brian Hartline. 

The only thing that could keep the Colts from not having the worst record in the NFL at the end of the season is their defense. But, at times the Colts defense has kept them in games, like the one against Pittsburgh in Week 3. 

Once the Colts can finally play a full game that doesn’t have turnovers or have either a slow start or a collapse in the second half, they will get that coveted first win of the season. 

They will not be the worst team in the NFL, heck they may not even be the second worse team.

The Colts will finish with a record of 5-11, with wins coming up against Jacksonville (twice), Houston, Carolina and Tennessee. That’s a .500 winning percentage after their 0-6 start, which for how bad this team started isn’t a bad way to end the season.

The 5-11 record will put the Colts further down the draft order, which means the franchise will not be able to draft Andrew Luck. 

It’s why the Colts fans should start to turn their attention towards USC QB Matt Barkley. 

They will draft the USC quarterback who will be the heir to the Peyton Manning throw, whenever the QB retires. 

Here is how the rest of the 31 teams will finish their season and who they will pick with their first pick. 

No.	Team (Record)	Player, Pos.
1	Miami Dolphins (2-14)	Andrew Luck, QB
2	Minnesota Vikings (3-13)	Justin Blackmon, WR
3	Denver Broncos (4-12)	Alshon Jeffery, WR
4	Jacksonville Jaguars (4-12)	Michael Floyd, WR
5	Arizona Cardinals (4-12)	Quinton Coples, DE
6	Carolina Panthers(5-11)	Dre Kirkpatrick, CB
7	Indianapolis Colts (5-11)	Matt Barkley, QB
8	Cleveland Browns (5-11)	Jonathan Martin, OT
9	Kansas City Chiefs (6-10)	Donte Paige-Moss, DE
10	St. Louis Rams (6-10)	Ryan Broyles, WR
11	Seattle Seahawks (6-10)	Landry Jones, QB
12	Chicago Bears (7-9)	Janoris Jenkins, CB
13	Washington Redskins (7-9)	A.J. Jenkins, WR
14	Houston Texans(7-9)	Cordy Glenn, OG
15	Cincinnati Bengals (7-9)	Vontaze Burfict, LB
16	Dallas Cowboys(8-8)	Trent Richardson, RB
17	New York Jets (8-8)	Jared Crick, DE
18	Cleveland Browns (Via Atlanta Falcons (9-7)	Nick Toon, WR
19	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7)	Alfonzo Dennard, CB
20	Cincinnati Bengals (via Oakland Raiders 9-7)	Dont'a Hightower, LB
21	Buffalo Bills (9-7)	Devin Taylor, DE
22	Philadelphia Eagles (10-6)	Manti Te'o, LB
23	Detroit Lions (10-6)	Dave DeCastro, OG
24	Baltimore Ravens (11-5)	Michael Brewster, C
25	Tennessee Titans (9-7)	Stephon Gilmore, CB
26	San Francisco 49ers (10-6)	Bruce Irvin, DE/OLB
27	New York Giants (10-6)	Luke Keuchly, LB
28	San Diego Chargers (12-4)	Zach Brown, LB
29	New England (via Saints 12-4)	Alameda Ta'amu, DT
30	New England Patriots (13-3)	Chase Minnifield, CB
31	Green Bay Packers (14-2)	Courtney Upshaw, OLB
32	Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4)	Bruce Irvin, DE/OLB

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