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Mailbag Part III: Who will start at center?

Mike Wells: Could there be another season of wondering who will start at center for the Indianapolis Colts? Possibly. Khaled Holmes started the final five games last season. He's the definite starter for next season, right? Wrong. Coach Chuck Pagano said Holmes and Jonotthan Harrison will compete for the starting job. Holmes would at least take the majority of the first-team snaps in organized team activities? Wrong, again. Harrison worked with the first unit during OTA practice on Wednesday. There may not be a starter named until right before the first preseason game August. And even then, you probably can't say that player will start all 16 games in the regular season. As far as Cherilus goes, he will not take part in any of the OTAs, according to Pagano, because he's still working his way back from injuries suffered last season. Training camp is the earliest Cherilus will be back on the field with his teammates.

Wells: The Colts signed Duron Carter, the son of Hall-of-Famer Cris Carter, in February. But they've since signed Andre Johnson and selected Phillip Dorsett in the draft, pushing Carter down on the depth chart. It's up to Carter to prove to the coaching staff that he deserves to be on the field. Carter's size -- 6-foot-5 -- is something the Colts lack in T.Y. Hilton and Dorsett. Carter will be a big target for Luck when he gets on the field.

Wells: No. They'll go with the players they currently have on the roster -- Josh Chapman, Montori Hughes and rookie David Perry. The Colts said early in the offseason that nose tackle wasn't a pressing need for them. They didn't pursue free agent Vince Wilfork and passed on Texas' Malcolm Brown in the first round to take Dorsett. The Colts felt along that they would go with the players currently on the roster and look to select a nose tackle in the draft. And that's exactly what they did in picking Perry.