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I read it as people don't' always get what they want. It is what it is and life goes on regardless. His comments definitely don't help but honestly...he's not wrong and it's refreshing to know that "no" still exists. JT thinks he's doing what's best for him and the RB position. JT is under contract, play it out or not. Colts have always rewarded their own. Look how Pitt is handling this season. Way different than Taylor.

Pittman and AR will be a good fit. You have a guy with AR's arm strength you want big WRs with strong hands that can catch rockets on the cross. I think our WRs/TEs actually compliment AR incredibly well.

I love JT and thought he deserved to get paid market value which isn’t Mcaffrey or Kalmara money. It’s more Henry/Chubb money. ~12 million per year. If that’s not satisfactory then so be it. Trade him for some picks and move on. I’ve completely turned on this entire situation. I want JT to stay and return to form but ultimately, this team could spend 12 million elsewhere pretty easily.

Classic Irsay, never afraid to Tweet his mind. Gotta love him for his authenticity for better or worse. What I take from that is that Irsay feels the Colts have offered JT a market competitive contract. I’m super curious to know how far apart they are.

pretty sure JT is at camp though lol.

I think both Stroud and Young got it too. The AR deal was waiting on there’s to close.

My bet is there is either a) more to the story and that's coming out for contract reasons b) the person who hit Hines didn't realize you need to throttle to turn a jetski. Most people treat it like a car and soon as panic comes in, they let off the gas but jetski isn't going to turn without a little throttle.

I know, I didn't call it the captain's patch . The alt Colts logo, is also in fact a "C"

I need to see them in game action before having a final opinion. I appreciate that they are trying something new and I think there are some really nice aspects of the new alternates. I really enjoy the white stripes on the pants and up the shoulder blades and the shade of blue they are using. Not a fan of everyone wearing the "C" patch on their chest. I love the concept of the black helmet as well. I do wish it was matte black and didn't have the colors through the middle. The base of the back of the helmet with "Colts" is pretty sweet but I think the front "Colts" is too much.

Insert obligatory meme of that "are you sure about that?" dude. Yes, I know he doesn't control Vick's birthday lol but the emphasis he put on it just make me feel he's saying, "The Colts still value the RB position".

This isn't a coincidentally timed Tweet by Irsay. He knows JT is a fan favorite and knows the Colts have an opportunity for some positive PR with all the noise around the league from yesterday. Projecting JT contract. 11-13.5 APY 3 years 20-24 GTD.

Sneaky good is a good way to put it. In many threads I've sang the praises about our defense last year. In the modern NFL, they were exactly what we needed them to be to be put into a position to win games. That's in spite of our offense being so deficient. If our offense was even just a bit more capable, they would have looked even better. I don't think we will win a ton this year (middle of the pack), but I am excited because I think there will be games where we will see competent play on all sides of the ball and be reminded...oh this is what good/sound football looks like.

Both the Raiders and Giants attempted to resign Jacobs and Barkly. For less than they wanted but you make it sound like the market is dictating no contracts to RBs. It's a bit different IMO. All reports are the deals were approximately ~10-12 million per year with ~20-22 million GTD. If Ballard and Taylor can get a deal signed in the 11-13.5 million range APY for 3 years, 19-25m GTD I think that would be fair with what the market is dictating and would put him in line with backs like Henry and Chubb. on APY. Taylor is younger than Jacobs and Barkley and a key playmaker on this team. I think he deserves a better deal than them and the Colts are equipped to afford it with the team being this young. I doubt we will see anymore 16 million APY that Christan Mcaffrey got in 2020 and I do not think we should go that high, but the team needs to be fair.

No contracts for both Jacobs and Barkley and if they want to play this year, they will have to play on the franchise tag. Neither of them has signed it. My guess is they will sit out most of pre-season and play the year out on the tag. I'm curious if the Colts and JT get a deal signed now that there really isn't anyone else to change or reinforce the market. I imagine them not getting deals could help the Colts leverage. I really hope we don't get to the point of tagging JT and forcing him to decide to sit out or not as leverage though.

Nope, not a hall of famer or a ring of honor inductee and I love AL. Phenomenal player but his biggest impact on the game was the way he left it. His stats don’t have the longevity to warrant HoF.

Pretty good company indeed.

It is what it is. No sense getting too worried over a situation we have limited information on and have absolutely no control over. Would love to see Shaq get back to form. Regardless if it's this season or next. If last year showed anything, defense was the least of this teams problems. Our LBs were actually one of our bright spots. We lost Bobby Okereke but both Speed and Franklin played very well too.

I hope it’s Woods. Dude can be such a threat if used.

I like this. I don’t think it’ll happen but everyone expects them to continue being great. Their defense IMO will be but I think we will see a regression on Offense for them. People forget the rough start they had in 2021 until Shane took over play calling. Then obviously they did well in 22. Let’s see who calls the plays in 23. I’m not sold on them winning their division.

That’s fair. I agree, Raimann would’ve improved either way. I just think the timing of Saturdays arrival and his significant jump in play isn't coincidental. I’m ok to throw Jeff some credit for that. I can certainly understand your viewpoint and would actually agree with it if it was any other situation of a new or interim head coach coming in. Alas, it was a very unique situation with someone who had no coaching experience which makes me believe when Saturday came in, he stuck to the lanes he felt most comfortable and where he could add the most value. Just reading the article below gives the impression he was involved with the players and unit more than others. https://www.colts.com/news/bernhard-raimann-starting-left-tackle-2022-draft-pick-jeff-saturday At the end of the day, all that matters is if he continues to show that improvement and that our new coaches help push these players. I have hope for him!

I'm excited to see how he plays this year. I think he will have a nice 2nd year jump. His better play last year lines right up with Saturday coming in too. I imagine he was able to coach him up at least a little. So hopefully this year our coaching is good.

Lots of great discussion in here. I think one thing that should be stressed is that even if we overpay JT based on comparables, I don't really think it will make an overall impact to the cap decisions this team wants to make...Don't we have upwards of something like 23 million this year? I know we haven't signed all of our players just yet, but this team is YOUNG. If you're counting on AR being your QB the next 5 years, you can easily afford a FAIR contract for one of the best RBs in the league plus basically everything else you want to get. That's the best part about a rookie QB. Our cap will be easy for the next 4 years.

Pay him. He is the absolute epitome of what you want as a player in your franchise. He deserves it. I’m sure a deal could be done to make both sides happy. Pay him now before the cap goes up. Ballards always rewarded his drafted players with contracts, I have no reason to think this is any different.

Not sure if it matters but I don't think the Sunday Ticket streams are in 4K. I bought the standalone Sunday Ticket package for the season to see how it goes but I was reading, and it doesn't sound like they will offer the games in 4K, which is unfortunate. Curious to see how it will look.

I thought it was a very well-done AD that delivers some wholesomeness and promotes the brand in a positive way. I joked with some friends that I thought it was funny that AR got the message from Brady and Hendon got the message from Peyton. Brady's more involved with our new Colts then Peyton has been LOL. On a serious note, I know Brady is one of ARs favorite players and someone he has openly admired, so this is definitely not a knock on Peyton <3.