After trading back from their original spot, the Indianapolis Colts used their first pick of the 2022 NFL draft on a player who checked almost every box in the form of Cincinnati wide receiver Alec Pierce.
Despite playing mostly the X-receiver role for the Bearcats, the Colts already have a player at that spot. That would be Michael Pittman Jr., who enters his third season. So Pierce is likely to still see work on the outside but potentially in a Z/flanker role.
Reich envisions being multiple when it comes to using Pittman Jr. and Pierce together, and he could see the latter thriving in an X role as well.
