With the Indianapolis Colts' 2010 organized team activities sessions ongong at the team's practice facility, Indy Football Report Editor John Oehser takes a daily look at the team's most-pressing issues.
With 2010 organized team activities coming to an end this week, let's take today to again address a misunderstood aspect of the Colts' off-season.
Specifically, that's the absence of WR Reggie Wayne and DE Robert Mathis.
We're addressed this already, but considering the reaction of readers and fans to the issue, it seemed worth addressing again, with most important thing to realize with this situation is it's very unlikely that it will be something anyone's worrying much about in seven weeks.
Seven weeks is when the Colts are scheduled to open training camp at Anderson University, and it would be a major surprise if either isn't there come August 1.
But let's start at the beginning.
Wayne and Mathis, Pro Bowl selections the past four and two seasons, respectively, each opted to not participate in the Colts' off-season activities. This is unusual for Mathis, who typically is in Indianapolis through most of the Colts' voluntary off-season work, and not so unusual for Wayne, who typically does almost all of his training at the University of Miami.
The absences became a high-profile issue last week.
That was when Wayne and Mathis – as well as S Antoine Bethea, whose situation is a bit different – opted to not attend the Colts' three-day mandatory mini-camp, with the “mandatory” being the reason their absences suddenly became high-profile news.
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