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Kevin Hickey

Colts’ Mike Strachan ‘just wasn’t ready’ for bigger role in 2021

The Indianapolis Colts still have high hopes for wide receiver Mike Strachan, who spent the 2021 season acclimating to life in the NFL.

The seventh-round pick was a healthy scratch for the majority of the season but was on the active roster for the entirety of it. He played a combined 62 snaps (15%) on offense with 52 of them coming in Weeks 1-2. After Week 9, Strachan didn’t see the field at all.

General manager Chris Ballard told the media in his year-end press conference that Strachan simply wasn’t ready to take on a bigger role in the offense but that the team still sees him as a player with immense upside.

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