MR. Blueblood
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Wow, this thread has given me a headache.
Luck isn't going to be getting paid the most money in the NFL because he is currently the best player in the NFL. Luck is going to be paid the most money in the NFL because that is what the market dictates that he is worth. Whether you like it, or you agree with it, it's really a moot point.
The market dictates that Luck will get the money that he will get because there will be team(s) that will be willing and able to pay him that type of money, whether he's owning the #1 QB stats or not. Osweiler just got $18/yr for 7 starts in the NFL......SEVEN starts.
I don't care whether the OP thinks Luck deserves this amount of money or not, I'm quite certain there are plenty in the NFL who actually puts pen to paper on these contracts that would disagree with him....and that is why that man is going to get PAID!
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I didn't read it as they were looking for Interior O first and pass rusher second, it kept saying over and over again that they would like to address those positions with the first and second pick....but in no particular order.
It also stated several times that this would go against all the mock drafts from the "experts" (quotes added by me) that have us taking a OT instead of interior line help.
While I (and probably many others) would agree that those two positions are our most glaring holes, it goes to show that Grigs realizes that too and goes with something that will fill one of those two holes with the first pick instead of just using the BPA overall philosophy, and goes with the BPA by position of NEED.
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Use such an awesome thing as Manning's staute to bait people into reading your garbage Allen attack thread, it's really quite shameful.
Can't even spell the guy's name right either.
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5 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:
You realize that the Colts didn't win the Super Bowl with Peyton Manning until year 6 of 7?
I'm not predicting that here, but it's still really early in Luck's career.
It was Manning's 9th season that they won the SB
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3 minutes ago, BOTT said:
I think that had more do do with the non existent pass rush.
Yep, you can't be expected to cover a receiver for forever
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On 2/16/2016 at 10:12 AM, richard pallo said:
I don't think it's an accident. I believe Jackson is also on the USO tour with coach Pagano. Don't think you would send him and then release him. Shows Freeman that we value him as a key player for the team. I don't think those pictures get posted without a lot of discussion. JMO
The Rams asked Laurinaitis to come to L.A. and do some promotional stuff and then turned around and cut him.
Anything can happen in the NFL....anything
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Best decision he could've made. It would've been really painful watching him try to play another year.
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Best of luck in your future endeavors AJ. Bummer that your time here with the Colts was a disappointing one.
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The best ability is availability.
One has proven they can suit up Sunday after Sunday, the other gets an injury and spends several weeks a season in the training room.
I don't care how great you are, but if you aren't available to play on Sunday you are of no use.
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I would still rather have a QB who teabags over one who tebows any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
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I don't care if (insert player name here) is young or old or somewhere in between, just so long as they get to the QB and get to them often.
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Um (because that's what every other word he says is)
But seriously I say Determined
I do think Irsay, despite the flaws that people love to knock him for, is one of the best owners in the NFL.
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8 hours ago, General_Hux said:
Irsay needs to find a new approach to discussing the contracts of his franchise QB's. He used to make these claims about how much he's gonna pay them, like it's something to be proud of. Pay the least you can in a way that's cap friendly so you can build a team around him.
This feels like the Manning Era 2.0 in nearly every way.
Hopefully Luck looks at the last two QB's to win Super Bowls and how they approached their contracts and how it relates to team-building. Both Manning and Brady took substantial pay cuts to allow other top players to be paid.
The last two QBs that you mentioned are also towards the end of their careers, and have had many many many years of cashing very very very large paychecks. That's a huge difference compared to a guy just starting his career and getting ready to get his first very substantial paycheck. It's a lot easier to restructure your contract for less money when you already have $100+ mil in the bank.
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9 hours ago, Valpo2004 said:
ehh if Houston could (I'm not saying they can) build a defense that plays like Denver's D then I think even Brian Hoyer could win them a championship.
But JJ Watt as good as he is can't make them a dominate D all by himself.
I doubt anybody really thinks that Hoyer is an/the answer at QB moving forward, no matter how good of a D they are able to put on the field.
Anybody that can't see that QB is this biggest need for the Texans must be blind.
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With Hopkins playing the way he is, losing Johnson wasn't a big deal.
I think Kubiak going to Denver and winning a SB, is more about the team he was given to coach and less about the coach himself.
Houston's problem for a long time has been their QB play. Until they get somebody that can lead that team from that position they will be more of a pretender than a contender. There is where your face palm lies, year after year of that continuing to be a problem that isn't adequately addressed.
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1 minute ago, jvan1973 said:
No, no it isn't. They wanted luxury boxes and the ability to host superbowls. You need to go back and read a little bit
a qoute from the article linked in this thread
"In most cities, owners point a gun at the city’s head and say, “Build us a stadium or we’re gone to Los Angeles.’’ In Indianapolis, Irsay didn’t want a new stadium. He wanted to stick with the existing Goldsmith agreement. He wanted that financial guarantee. It was the city, then, who had to convince Irsay that a stadium-based deal would not only be best for the Colts, but would keep NCAA basketball in the city for years to come and would allow the city to expand the convention center – which was losing conventions because it wasn’t big enough."
Maybe you need to do the reading
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30 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:
The Colts wouldn't have stayed without a new stadium. So, if LOS wasn't built the Colts wouldn't have signed a new lease with the city. With out a lease keeping the team in town they would have left. Any owner would have
Irsay was completely fine with the stadium deal and the guaranteed money coming from the city to make up the revenue loss. The new stadium wasn't his idea in the first place and was something that he eventually agreed upon. To say they wouldn't have stayed without the new stadium is inaccurate at best.
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6 minutes ago, The Old Crow said:
We didn't think Irsay would leave either, but when they move once, you really don't have to put out a threat, it's self implied.
So I suppose he should've just stayed and lost the team to Eminent Domain?
That's also something that wasn't going to happen in Indy as there was definitely no threat from the state politicians to do so.
There is no way that you can make the leap from what Bob did to keep his team to what Jim may or may not have done
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McAfee the man, the myth, the legend!
Guiness has some pretty crazy records that people own, I'm happy he got one of them.
Looking forward to seeing his stand up this Friday in Muncie!
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Congrats to both, it's a huge accomplishment to make it into the HOF.
Whether some knuckleheads on a message board agree or disagree it doesn't change the fact that they both had incredible careers and are recognized for such.
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20 hours ago, ÅÐØNϧ 1 said:
I did before I commented actually & after a quick look back its obvious to me you should as well especially if your gonna try to be rude .
Try reading where it says it was a bad deal for the City in 2000 the City realized it could not spend enough to keep the Colts past 2013 ,
And that Irsay liked the deal as is ,
Had the Colts & the City had tried to work out the deal prior to 1995 no one would have cared about the Colts we were still a basketball town & state after Captain Comeback & then Peyton Manning the City & State felt the urgency realizing the financial situation. I lived downtown before the Hoosier Dome & Zoo were built the City has changed alot since the early 80's Conventions & Superbowls bring worldwide exposure for Indiana .
Remember its all about the Benjamins .
Make no mistake Peyton Manning & The Colts & the Pacers & The Indy 500 are the pearls of the City Winning Teams in a Winning State an identity the City has worked hard to build .
18 whether you like it or not will always get the credit for LOS he proved to the City leaders it was in there best interest to keep the NFL in Indy it took some time but both sides were happy a win win .
nothing I said was rude, and nothing I said was anything that wasn't taken from the article itself, unlike the conjecture that you want to make about Manning.
The fear of losing the NFL forever plus the appeal of adding to the convention center, and not paying the Colts the revenue loss were the driving forces. Nothing in that article supports your stance that Manning is responsible for LOS being built....nice try though.
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On 2/1/2016 at 10:53 AM, ÅÐØNϧ 1 said:
The Hoosier dome later renamed the RCA dome got the COLTS here but it was not gonna keep them here ,
Before 1998 the Colts were mediocre at best by the time Peyton Manning moved on the Colts had 2 SB appearances with 1 Win & a decade of excellence & a fan base of dedicated NFL fans our small market team has to compete with the big boys the City & State has to do whats best for the City unlike in Baltimore our Politicians got it .
Zealots no just good Colts fans with both feet planted squarely in reality 18 put us on the map with out him we would still only be a basketball state .
With out which there would be no LOS Peyton Manning the face of the franchise proved to our State politicians that the Colts were worth the investment & with out eminent domain threats the 2 sides reached an agreement the 2 sides had there reasons for the deal .
It all centered around the fact that the Colts led by Peyton Manning was a great asset that was worth keeping .
We may not have understood everything at the time but it is clear we could have lost our team like St Louis did had our politicians been as short sighted as those in St Louis or Baltimore .
Years of excellence on the field made it easy for all concerned to reach the deal .
Did you even read the article?
It was stated that the NFL Commissioner told the mayor that if Indy let the Colts go they would NEVER get another NFL Franchise. That was the motivating factor to keep the Colts.
Build the stadium and keep the Colts, or lose a pro football team and possibly the other revenue (NCAA, etc. etc) that went along with it by not doing so.
Manning did a lot, but that has nothing to do with anything stated in this article.
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You mean this hasn't been discussed ad nauseum in many many many other threads that it need yet another thread to discuss it?
Andrew Luck Overrated?
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I think a lot of that has to do with the overall talent of the Seahawks. Whether people are right in thinking so or not is another discussion, but some would/could argue that Wilson's success in the league is about 50% him and 50% percent the team around him. It's much easier to have success at QB when you have one of the top Ds year in and year out, and had the best RB in the league. We'll see how much the loss of Beast Mode will effect Wilson's play this season when teams don't have to respect the run as much.
Personally, I feel that Wilson does some great things on the field, but I do feel that put on this Colts roster he would struggle much much more than Luck ever has. No way to back that up with any facts obviously, just my humble opinion.