Colts training camp: Day 1 blog

11:03 a.m.: Wide receiver T.Y. Hilton, who is in a contract year, arrived for camp and spoke with the media:

• On how he feels entering training camp now versus when he was a rookie: "(It's a little bit different), now I know what to expect. But for me, just getting our bonding down, getting our chemistry down with Andrew, and just learn from one another and just get better."
• On the uncertainty regarding his contract situation beyond this season: "For me, I'm just coming out here to have fun. That's between my agent and the Colts, whatever they decide to do. But for me, I'm just out here having fun, bonding with my teammates and just continuing to get better."

• Would it be easier to just concentrate on football if a deal got done? "You want to get it out of the way, but there's nothing I can do, I'm just going out there and playing and controlling what I can control.
• On the Dez Bryant and Demaryius Thomas contracts: "I saw that, they're just setting the bar. ... I'm not Dez or Demaryius, I'm T.Y. I'm just going to continue being me."

10:28 a.m.: Kicker Pat McAfee was asked what the best part of dorm life at camp is, and what the worst part is:

"The best thing is you get to hang out with your brothers," McAfee said. "Teams aren't really going away (for training camp) much anymore. I think the thing that it does for us, is it literally gets rid of all external factors. It builds camaraderie. A tight team is a good team.

"When you go to a place and you're all together and there's nothing else to think about, you build a tight kinship with each other."

And then the worst part:

"The worst part is the public restrooms," McAfee said. "At 2 a.m., you wake up and have to go to the bathroom, I bump into Montori Hughes, who's like a huge human, and Josh Chapman. And I can barely open my eyes."

On other topics:

• On trick plays: Do they get hashed out during training camp? "Training camp is more where I do a lot of lobbying: 'Let's try this, let's try that.' But at the end of the day, it's Coach Pagano and (special teams coordinator) Tom McMahon; if they give me an inch, I try to take a yard. I'm very lucky to have coaches that believe in me and let me make plays."
• On the special teams role in what is shaping up to be a high-powered offense: "If I can give our defense 80 yards or more to protect, and then get the ball back in the hands of our offense, we're in a really good spot. Our mindset on special teams is that we're going to play full-court defense and half-court offense. So if we can do our job and keep their team deep and they have to punt, with our offense, we should be getting points every single possession. But it's our job to set them up to be in a good spot."

10:07 a.m.: Veteran wide receiver Andre Johnson, one of the key free agent signings the Colts made to bolster Andrew Luck's targets this season, spoke about his first training camp with a team other than the Texans:

• "It's a new challenge, a new team, same goals, trying to accomplish that ultimate goal. But the main focus right now is just trying to get better, day by day as a team. 
• On high expectations, such as Super Bowl-or-bust: "It doesn't really bother me. I don't really care much about what people have to say. Like I've said before, I think we have a great team. It looks good on paper, but if you don't go out there and execute, stop people on defense and play well on special teams, then you're not going to win games."

• On being a No. 1 receiver most of his career in Houston, now on a team with so many options: "I don't think you have to change you game. When plays are called, the object for you is to get open. The quarterback will find the guy that's open. I love to be on a team where you're just not the only guy. You have other guys that can make those same plays that you can make."
• On a chance to win it all vs. potentially more money to sign elsewhere: "(A chance to win a Super Bowl) outweighed it a lot. That was my main thing. I've been blessed to make a lot of money and play in this league a long time. Sometimes you just have to set the important things in front of money. ... My biggest thing was trying to win a Super Bowl, and that's why I'm here."

9:33 a.m.: Wide receiver Phillip Dorsett, the Colts' first-round draft pick, addressed the media shortly after arriving at camp. Here's what he had to say:

• On how he feels entering camp: "Basically excitement, my first NFL training camp. Just looking forward to going to work tomorrow, knock out this conditioning stuff today, and get to work tomorrow."
• On high expectations for the Colts: "Obviously it's a lot of big expectations for this team, but I definitely just try to block it out, and we just go out there and try to do our job. That's what Coach Pagano really tells us, is don't put any extra pressure on yourself. Just go out there and do your job, and everything will take care of itself."

• On how much of a challenge it is to join such a potentially potent offense as a rookie: "I would say it's definitely challenging, with the magnitude of this offense and the weapons that we have. But I feel like it's something I can get through. It's something I did in OTAs and minicamp, just going out there and looking over the playbook every day, and going out there and working hard every day. And I feel like I've earned some respect; I'm looking forward to going out there and earning more and whenever my number's called, just making a play. I just want to be a playmaker, that's it."

9:21 a.m.: The Indianapolis Colts opened training camp on Saturday morning in Anderson, and among the very first players to arrive was quarterback Andrew Luck.

Luck addressed several questions ranging from what he expects out of camp, to how Russell Wilson's new contract with the Seahawks might affect his own longterm contract value, to his recent DirecTV commercial:

• On what he expects from camp and preseason: "Just improve. I think it's a pretty broad, all-encompassing term but we've got to get better as a team, hopefully come out healthy. We've got to get better and give ourselves a chance to win some football games."
• On high expectations: "They see some decent football players, guys that have won football games in the past, but it doesn't matter what you did last year in this league; you've got to prove yourself in this league each weekend, and that's what guys are excited about."
• On the Wilson contract: "It's obvious at some point, hopefully I'll get a new contract," Luck said, smiling. "As a sports fan, yeah, you pay attention to the news that comes across the ticker. But as far as it affects how you approach football, I don't think that's affects anything at all."

• On the NFL upholding Tom Brady's DeflateGate suspension: "I don't think it's fair for me to comment on anything that happened with the suspension and all that."
• On excitement level for opening camp: "Very high, It's fun. It's a bit like Christmas, the first day of camp. There's an excitement in the air, it's fun to see all the guys again after being away for a month or five weeks. Just get back together, it's going to be a nice, competitive edge in everything you do, and it gets your nerves tingling a little bit. Very excited."
• On his recent DirecTV commercial, in which he plays hide-and-seek with cats: "It was fun to do. It was a good experience. I hope people like it. If not, oh well," he said with a laugh. And as for whether he has, or even likes cats? "No, not particularly."
• On offensive balance: "I think you anticipate more balance. Being able to do what you need to do to win a football game, that's all that matters. Whether that means airing the ball out and passing 75 percent of the time, whatever it is, we'll do what we need to do to have the best chance to win a football game. But I do think balance is part of that, and I'm looking forward to getting down to that run game, the pass game, and being efficient with whatever we do; move the chains and get points on the board."
• On the naked Colts offensive linemen for ESPN's body issue: "Good for them, I guess. They'll be getting a lot of ribbing."