Polian admits mistake drafting Hughes
Sometimes playes are lucky to be drafted by the right team. We have to remember how bad the offensive line of Indy currently is. Polian should have known better, he actually blamed the line for the loss of the Superbowl (whick is senseless, he should blame his coaching staff).
Polian outsmarted himself. He thought it was expensive to select an offensive lineman (not being a left tackle) on the first round of the draft, thinking he could have gotten a good one of later rounds, and he went DE (who was less needed) but is more a position of value.
We all knew Hughes was a player to be groomed, and his development has been slowed by playing behind Mathis and Freeney. I am sure that if the saints would have drafted him, he would not be starting, but Coach Williams would have find now packages to use his pure speed while learning the system and position.
And that is the difference my friends, the saints staff is talented enough to get the most of his developing players, and the Colts... the results are there to be shown...