MacDee1975
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Sweet! No need to draft an OG now, with Vuj back in the fold! We are set for the next decade.
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12 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:
Sorry.... this won't be popular...
But this ranking is both ridiculous and embarrassing.
It won't be popular, but it's true. I don't see how the Colts could possibly be ranked anywhere but at the bottom 3.
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Where did they have Philadelphia ranked at this time last year?
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2 hours ago, shastamasta said:
Hard to believe he was ever tearing up the defense in practice. The activation from the PUP and video of him throwing seemed very contrived. As did the Town Hall interview with Peter King.
I just have a hard time believing he is coming back. If he does, I will be so happy to be wrong.
I hate to sound so cynical, but I also don't think Ballard's frugality in FA and Luck not being healthy is a coincidence. And if I wanted to really embrace my cynicism, I would point out that Luck's potential dead cap hit would eat up ~$50M in dead cap space, which the Colts conveninetly still have.
Makes perfect sense. So, knowing Luck isn't coming back, they decided to trade out of the draft position that would've very likely given them their pick of any qb in this draft class to replace Luck with.
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There is no article, statistic or projection in existence that would ever convince me that he is or will be anything other than a poor football player.
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5 hours ago, ColtStrong2013 said:
I think with the current holes in the roster, and success in the past few years in rounds 3-5, I expect starting caliber players in those rounds... given they are essentially carryovers from the previous rounds, with top 3 and 4 picks in each one respectively. I posted earlier, the only disappointing thing for this draft is if we don't come away with 5-7 starters... and we won't know this for a year or two.
If we came away with 3 starters and 4 depth players, that would be a grand slam.
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1 hour ago, crazycolt1 said:
Luck is one player out of a 53 player roster. Luck does nothing without the team mates to help him. If you think by nit picking the words you use it changes nothing.
This team is rebuilding no matter what you want to call it.
I commented on the term "complete rebuild" and "full rebuild" being used, and nothing more. That is not what is happening right now. If it was complete rebuild we'd be drafting a qb with pick #3, not trading it for pick #6. If it was a full rebuild, we would not have many of the same starters projected this coming season, as have been in place the past 1-2 seasons. Luck, Hilton, Geathers, Simon, Castonzo, Sheard, Doyle.....would not be on the team right now if this was a complete rebuild.
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9 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:
Yes it is a rebuild.
A whole new coaching staff
A change in defense
A change in offense
Sheading off players who are not wanted
The team going in a different direction
Not spending money on high dollar free agents to use as quick fix band aids
Luck has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Take off "whole new coaching staff" and 2/3 of the teams do everything else you listed every year. The title of the thread is "Complete Rebuild", so Luck has absolutely everything to do with it.
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On 3/20/2018 at 3:52 PM, theanarchist said:
By key pieces do you mean a franchise QB coming off of a year and a half rehab of his surgically repaired throwing shoulder? What other key pieces do you mean?
If it was a full rebuild, they would be moving on from Luck, not putting pieces around him.
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13 minutes ago, k9copinmd said:
That's fine...you believe what you want and I will believe what I want. How about that? Even giving him 6'0" that's is still small in todays WR terms. I'm 6'2" 255 so yea...to me he is a little guy.
1) Yes, me and everyone else will continue to believe what he was measured at the pre draft combine; you can believe whatever it is you believe. However, if you believe anything other than 6'0, you are objectively wrong.
2) You aren't "giving" him 6'0....that's how tall he is. No, that is not small in todays WR terms. In fact, he is almost exactly the average build of an NFL WR.
3) Your personal measurements are completely irrelevant when discussing the relative size of an NFL wide receiver.
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2 minutes ago, k9copinmd said:
Yea he is only LISTED at 6'0 but I think that is a stretch...prolly more like 5'10 maybe 5'11.
No, he was measured at 6'0 at the pre-draft NFL combine. I''ll go with that over the calculation you've made via your tv screen.
In no way, shape or form is Grant a little guy.
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1 minute ago, k9copinmd said:
I like this signing. I haven't seen Grant a whole lot but the times I did see him I was impressed with the little guy. He is like a water bug type that seems to catch everything thrown his way. I think he will quiet the naysayers.
Little guy?
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21 minutes ago, buccolts said:
I understand everyone's anxiety watching everyone else play, and we're seemingly watching from afar, but I do agree with the plan, which isn't that far off of Grigson's plan, BTW.
Grigson's problem was he reached too much in the draft, and drafted too many projects. You can't do that with this plan. Not in the early rounds. You have to hit on the early picks, at least.
Reached/completely sucked.....yes, I agree.
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15 minutes ago, w87r said:
It doesn't, but at the same time you still have to be smart.
I've actually already stated that after rethinking I would give him more.
In the end it doesn't matter to me at all, but I do like seeing my team being fiscal responsible. Which is exactly what they have been so far.
Good response.
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48 minutes ago, w87r said:
I like Damien Williams. He would be our best RB on the roster.
Mack has some potential, bit Williams is better now.
Saying that, wouldn't go over $2.5m. Probably like to be at $2m or less
Why would it matter to you if they pay 2 million or say 3.25 million?
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7 hours ago, aaron11 said:
the colts would have been better with luck, but the texans would have been better still with watson and jj watt healthy
if every team is at full health the colts do have the worst roster and its not close.
I'm pretty sure you don't realize this isn't 2012 anymore.
At slots 6-53, the Texans roster was one of the worst in the NFL in 2017. That's why they sucked, went 4-12, and are signing a number of free agents.
You have no clue how good their, or anyone else's, roster is for 2018 until the season actually plays out.
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7 hours ago, aaron11 said:
texans are better at full health. that was in response to someone that said we would have made the playoffs if luck played
well if everyone is at full health the colts do have the worst roster
Says who? I don’t agree with that assessment at all. Texans had like 5 good players in their roster, and the rest was complete garbage.....one of the worst in the league.
By the end of the year, the Colts has like 16 starters/key reserves on IR, were being coached by a subpar mind who has since been fired and is currently not employed as a head coach......and still beat them.
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1 hour ago, Scott Pennock said:
Either released or the new DC met with him and wiped the slate clean......?
Yeah, it was the DC that was holding this guy back.
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11 hours ago, aaron11 said:
not an over reaction
we had the worst team in the division and we are getting worse
No, we didn't. The Texans had the worse team in the division.
We beat them twice and finished above them in the standings.
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19 hours ago, DarkSuperman said:
If we learned anything from today it's that Chris Ballard is as stubborn as they come and he doesn't give in to other peoples demands. But after the dust settled I started to sit and ponder if this is something that could eventually hurt Ballard and the Colts chances of landing future free agents. We all know free agency works and it can easily make or break a team rather quickly. Is anyone else on here worried that if Chris Ballard continues to bring guys in here and one by one they continue to walk and sign elsewhere that eventually both agents and players won't even bother coming to Indianapolis because of Ballard?
Also, Ballard didn't push the envelope with a few offensive linemen who visited the Colts this week. He brought in good players who fill our biggest need right now and that is to protect Andrew Luck. You have the money but you stick to your guns and allow them all to walk but the last offseason he signed Hankins to a three year $30 million dollars deal? Hankins is a solid player but he wasn't anything to brag about. So does he value the defensive lineman more than the offensive? I dunno. I have no idea but I sincerely hope this guy can make enough positive changes to make me feel at least a little bit better sending Luck back on the field next season.
Would love to hear what some of you think about all of this as maybe someone can shed a little light on what Ballard's logic is.
I didn't learn this.
I have no idea if Ballard is stubborn. I've never met him.
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5 hours ago, Fisticuffs111 said:
Yeah, not sure about this one. Chiefs fans were basically mocking him on the way out.Are Chief fans much smarter than the Colts fans that mocked Patrick Robinson and Tim Jennings on their way out?
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17 hours ago, Horse Shoe Heaven said:
Do we really need DL? We currently have Stewart, Woods, Hankins, Mbu, Anderson, Hunt, Sherad, and Basham, Now that I see this, hum maybe we did need a DE, maybe and indictment of Basham, or that we are not drafting Chubb & moving down in the draft?
Did you really list Mbu as someone who is anywhere near a viable part of a good defensive line......lol
Replacing him with Autry is a huge upgrade.
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Who needs free agents when we got Jeremy Vujnovich, Luke Rhodes and Chris Milton coming back into the fold!
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31 minutes ago, Patrick Miller said:
Worst to first. Happens all the time. I'm not sure it can happen with Brissett as our starting qb though. I really think Andrew Luck is done. Prove me wrong Colts.....cause until I actually see him out there throwing..... I don't believe a word you say.
If Luck is done then the Colts get to pick whichever QB they want in this years draft. Problem solved.
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What's the problem? If he sucks, then he won't be on the team. Simple as that.
If he makes the team, consider that a) it means he's one of the best 5 cornerbacks on the roster and b) the professionals evaluating him who, each one of them, are more knowledgable than any 20 people combined on this message board are and who's livelihoods depend on making educated evaluations, have determined he's good enough to warrant a roster spot.