Colts get first glimpse at new defensive linemen

Moala and Taylor could change all that.

"We feel good about what we did, and we stayed within the parameters we set," team president Bill Polian said after the draft. "We didn't have to break the mold in any way except that we wanted to get bigger at defensive tackle, and we did that."

The Colts added help at other positions, too, and on Friday, the first day of the three-day mini-camp, Caldwell finally got a good look at his new players.

First-round pick Donald Brown didn't disappoint.

"It's hard to evaluate a guy on just one day, but let me just say, he did very well," Caldwell said of the running back from Connecticut.

Caldwell, who has been Peyton Manning's position coach the past seven seasons, also got a chance to work with Purdue quarterback Curtis Painter.

The Colts believe Painter has the size, arm strength and smarts to run their offense, though Painter is now cramming to learn the expansive playbook.

"It's pretty big," Painter said. "There are some similarities (to Purdue), which is good. But it's quite a bit thicker and a lot of work."

For Day 1, though, Caldwell liked what he saw.

"I've been extremely excited about having an opportunity to direct the squad and on the first day, you anticipate things are not going to go as smoothly as you'd like," he said. "But it went smoothly today."