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Insider: Why rookie Colts WR Mike Strachan's potential didn't translate into playing time

INDIANAPOLIS — The physical tools dazzled on the training camp fields at Grand Park.

The 6-5, 226-pound frame. The track star speed. The leaping ability. The natural ball skills, big hands emerging from tight coverage to pluck a ball out of the air.

Rookie wide receiver Mike Strachan made the first catch of the Colts’ 2021 season, hauled in another pass over the middle in the third quarter, drew a pass interference in the fourth quarter against the Seahawks.

A promising start, at least on the surface, for a seventh-round pick playing just 18 offensive snaps in his NFL debut.