One Colts' Position Battle Has Taken an Interesting Turn

Ashton Dulin and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine have had tremendous training camp showings through seven practices.

Their collective success was on full display during the Colts' night practice on Thursday, as Daniel Jones connected with each wide receiver every time he looked their way.

Both had impressive red zone touchdowns on the evening and ate up the middle of the field.

Nick Westbrook-Ikhine even bested star cornerback Sauce Gardner on an out-breaking route that saw him fight through contact -- and the sideline -- to haul in a pretty ball from Jones.

Jones has quickly become confident throwing their way, and Thursday was a great example of why that is.

Can Both Coexist?

The Indianapolis Colts have been prepared to embrace a committee approach at the wide receiver opening, and so far, it's looking like they may be able to get away with it.

Colts offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter had plenty to say regarding the WR3 spot.

“Yeah, there are some really good players in that room," Cooter explained. "I think there's a lot of different ways to play good football in the wide receiver room. We've tried to do a good job in years past of utilizing those guys for their strengths. Whether it's, one guy playing 1,000 snaps, or two guys playing 500 a piece, or however it shakes out, 700, 300 – maybe there's three or four guys sort of utilizing those snaps."

"We're going to try to use guys to the best of their ability to help our offense, and really to the best of their ability to showcase what they can do. Because we do have some guys in that room who have played good NFL football before, and I think those guys are excited to sort of have an opportunity, maybe to play a couple extra reps here and there and take advantage of those opportunities. Now, we like those guys. We like the room. It'll be sort of fun to watch how it goes offseason (and) in training camp. We'll do everything we can to put them in the best position to have success.”

I've been on record as one of the wide receiver room's biggest doubters, and while I'm more than prepared to eat crow, I can't help but look at the current status of Alec Pierce's return from ankle surgery and be further concerned for their room for the long haul.

Dulin and Westbrook-Ikhine have proved to be viable depth pieces in training camp, but can they both step up and coexist as starting options if either Pierce and/or Josh Downs were to miss time in the regular season?