["I got feelin'..." !]

....somebody's watchin' meeeeee?

[NFL Newtwork said Hayneworth passed conditioning Test]

Wait...so he fails it and then magically is fit to go a day later? Or did he simply not fail it in the first place?

[Ryan Diem re-signed]

NO! NO! Bad Polian! Bad!

Well if he was dirt cheap I guess but...man....

[Clint Session cut - Jags interested (signed with Jaguars) - ESPN, already got Bills LB Posluszny]

Don't you guys remember last year when we were down 35-3 and Clint came roaring back to tie the game and send it into overtime?

I lol'd. Hard.

[Manning to Irsay:"I don't need to be highest-paid player"(TAKING PAY CUT) (Merge)]

If you thought sponsors wanted him in the past, they will be all over him now! And his sponsor $$ will SOAR. So while he will take and make less from the Colts on this contract, he will probably end up making more than he would have in the sponsorship area...

Peyton Manning the T-shirt! Peyton Manning the lunch box!Peyton Manning the breakfast cereal! Peyton Manning the FLAMETHROWER!

[Can Curtis Painter step up if Peyton goes down.]

HAHhaahahaahahahhahaha!

That's a no.

[Colts re-sign RFA safety Melvin Bullitt]

I'm not completely sold on Melvin. From what I have seen, he is above average at FS and SS, but not completely solid at either one. He isn't a good enough run stopper for SS and isn't as strong in coverage as Bethea for the FS position. Hopefully, he proves me wrong.

Well, he may be average but compared to a lot of players on this D he looks pretty darn good.

[Colts re-sign RFA safety Melvin Bullitt]

I fixed it so you can go back to cheering.

YAAAAAAAAAAY!

[Colts re-sign RFA safety Melvin Bullitt]

Phew.

(Sees date of article as mentioned above)

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[this is why we need joseph addai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

He is a free agent.

Ah, thank you. Also I chuckled at the bus ticket outta town comment.

[this is why we need joseph addai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Jim Brown would have that much trouble as u think , i watched him, he was so strong he would knock out the tacklers

I said any back not named Walter Payton/Barry Sanders/Jim Brown. Meaning those guys would still kick butt behind our garbage O line lol.

[this is why we need joseph addai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

how much is addai due?

I would like to know this as well.

[this is why we need joseph addai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

by the way in the recieving game he averages 7.7 yards per catch in is career average and this year he boosted his rushing average atempt to 4.3 with the crappy o-line we got

And again, he's a decent back. I just don't consider him very good/special/great or a necessity to the team. Plus, he does have durability issues.

Pending how much he's asking for, sure, why not resign him? If he asks for more than he's worth rather than giving it to him I'd rather see that $$$ go to an OL that can open some holes.

[Are the Colts Top 10?]

If you take away a select fore players from any team i'm pretty sure those statements can go for any team.

Not like Indy. We literally have no alternative for Peyton or Free alone and lack depth in every aspect of the game aside from WR. No team in this league can go from contenders to pretenders as quickly as us when they lose a player or two.

The Patriots lost "the best player in the game today" and were that close to making the playoffs several years back. If Cassel had settled in sooner, they probably would have made it in.

The Pack lost a crap ton of players last season and won the Superbowl.

Depth depth depth. Next man up or what have you. Some teams have it (and good coaching) in abundance. Sadly we're the polar opposite of that as we're substantially lacking in both fields.

[this is why we need joseph addai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

His biggest pros are his pass blocking and ability to catch.

From a strictly rushing standpoint, he's ok. He can't make something out of nothing which is what our blockers give 99% of the time. Addai is a decent back, but not very good or much less great and not a necessity to the team. What we need is BLOCKING.

If we had even a mediocre OL to open some holes our backs could have a field day. Teams always play the pass due to you know who. Even so, any back not named Walter Payton/Barry Sanders/Jim Brown is going to have trouble behind this line. Hopefully it's better this season, but it hasn't been adequate/good since Edge's days here.

[Are the Colts Top 10?]

With Manning/Freeney and the rest of the starters healthy, sure. Right around 8-10.

I'd put: NE, PIT, BAL, GB, NYJ all ahead of the Colts easily with another 5 more or less in the same ballpark. (Yes we always seem to beat BAL but they're a better team overall IMO)

Unfortunately we have _zero_ depth. If even a few of our starters go out the performance impact on our team is massive. Manning and Freeney are the big 2.

Life as we've seen without Freeney flat out sucks. No Free= no D. Thankfully we haven't seen life without Manning but that might change if he's not ready come opening day. -_-

Some other high impact players, particularly Clark, also help make the team look better than it truly is overall. Our offense is far more limited without captain versatility at TE. Wayne is another one...but as good as he is (and Collie up and coming) Clark is a notch above them as far as importance to the O's production.

So again, healthy we're very good. Take a few starters away (or either Manning/Free) and we're mediocre to poor. I shudder to think what we'd look like without Manning AND Free at the same time. Hello Oakland...

If we had special teams that look like they deserve to see an NFL field, and are 100% healthy, we might be top 3 in the NFL. Throw in some run blocking/a run game in general and we'd be #1.