Michael Pittman

Pittman enjoyed his first 1,000-yard season in 2021, playing 17 games and catching more than twice as many passes as any Colt. The 2020 second-round pick had shown promise as a rookie, including 101 total yards in a playoff loss to Buffalo, but he wasn't at the top of many lists last spring for second-year wideout breakouts. No matter, Pittman quickly established himself as Option A in an otherwise lifeless passing game, with six or more catches in four of Indy's first five matchups. Through eight weeks, Pittman averaged 74.3 yards and 0.5 TDs on 8.1 targets per game from QB Carson Wentz, who finished 20th in YPA (6.9) and 27th in completion percentage (62.4). It eventually caught up to Pittman, who dropped to 4.8 catches for 54.2 yards and 0.2 TDs on 7.1 targets in the final nine games. The silver lining is that his target share remained steady throughout, with the dip in volume a product of Wentz averaging a mere 27.3 pass attempts in the final nine games. The Colts will still lean on Jonathan Taylor and a strong offensive line this season, but they likely won't hide new QB Matt Ryan the way they often hid Wentz. If nothing else, Ryan makes fewer mistakes, and some of his decline the last two seasons was due to the mess around him in Atlanta. The Colts are betting on a bounce back, and Pittman is a huge favorite to lead them in targets after they passed on top wideouts in free agency, instead drafting second-round pick Alec Pierce.