Colts sign Trai Essex, waive Shipley and Person (mod: edited title, merge)

[jimirsaysdog]

that a new tackle being brought in to replace justice who has concussion.

[grmasterb]

that a new tackle being brought in to replace justice who has concussion.

Won't be surprised if Mike Person gets a shot @ RT on Sunday.

[Slick_Rick]

Via trade or waivers/free agency?

[Fx Stryker]

We should go get Essex too.

[Gavin]

probably Linkenbach gets the start since he has more experience with the rest of the O Line (not saying its a good idea because its been proven that its not) but I think Pagano will go with the experience, Hopefully Arians remembers that running the ball is Andrews friend or we will see more of the same vs Minnesota.......Andrew Luck meet Jared Allen, I can also see Brian Robison (Vikings LDE) giving Linkenbach and his slow feet problems all day

[funktacious2]

Whoever he is... I hope he can the job...

[Jackie Daytona]

Trai Essex is still out there? Sure, he's not gonna be mistaken for a prow-bowler, or even a good Olineman, but serviceable replacement for Justice? Yep, and one who is familiar with Arian's Offensive style..... sign me up if it's a reasonable deal

[MTC]

This rumor is false.

[PrincetonTiger]

interesting

[freenis9398]

http://blogs.colts.com/category/colts-blog/

[Jackie Daytona]

Well, MTC quashed that one, so there goes boys, woulda made a bit of sense if Justice is indeed out 2-4 weeks. Glad you cleared that one up for us MTC ; ) You are probably right, but then again, that's why this very topic was termed a rumor, due to "probably's" and "maybe's"

[Jackie Daytona]

or, maybe they liked Essex, as a few others postulated MTC, and I thought would be a good idea...lol ; )

[grmasterb]

Won't be surprised if Mike Person gets a shot @ RT on Sunday.

Boy was I wrong. Per Irsay's Twitter, Person and Shipley waived. Essex signed.

[Jackie Daytona]

wow..... waived Shipley and Person..... who the heck is our backup C?

[Superman]

We should go get Essex too.

Why would we want him? Sure, he's better than Justice, but not by much. He's one of the most abused tackles in the league over the past few years.

Edit: I guess we do want him. But dude is not a good tackle. And why can't we sign Jake Scott???

[Jackie Daytona]

Essex is a local kid too, not that that means anything unless you are a typical Pacers fan.... hehe

[Jackie Daytona]

Essex is better at Guard, but apparently we DID want him, as he is signed

[DarkHorseColts]

apparently we DID want him, as he is signed

Just heard this from JMV on 1070AM

[Jackie Daytona]

I bet we move someone up from the P.S. since we waived two...... is Justin Anderson there? or that Baker kid from E. Carolina?

[shakedownstreet]

edit

[Jackie Daytona]

I stand corrected, I guess Weems gets a look at T or Hayworth Hicks at G now

[grmasterb]

wow..... waived Shipley and Person..... who the heck is our backup C?

McGlynn??

[Jackie Daytona]

it's online, at the colts blog link above that freenis93 posted

[PrincetonTiger]

I bet we move someone up from the P.S. since we waived two...... is Justin Anderson there? or that Baker kid from E. Carolina?

Anderson is on PUP so he can't come off until Week 6 and Baker is not with us anymore.

[indy1888]

I thought Person was supposed to be a pretty talented kid that was just caught in a numbers game. Didn't get much of a chance here.

[Jackie Daytona]

must really like Darrion Weems then, if they waived Person and Shipley, and only added Essex...... Essex is versatile and has experience, but don't we need a few more backup olinemen on the roster?

[PrincetonTiger]

wow

[B-B]

We should go get Essex too.

Nailed it on the head

Phillip B Wilson ‏@pwilson24

#Colts sign OG Trai Essex, waive OT Mike Person and C A.Q. Shipley. O-line gets shuffled. That didn't take long.

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[krunk]

Why would we want him? Sure, he's better than Justice, but not by much. He's one of the most abused tackles in the league over the past few years.

Edit: I guess we do want him. But dude is not a good tackle. And why can't we sign Jake Scott???

I don't think we are playing him at tackle. It looks like he may be a guard

[Mameluc]

Why would we want him? Sure, he's better than Justice, but not by much. He's one of the most abused tackles in the league over the past few years.

Edit: I guess we do want him. But dude is not a good tackle. And why can't we sign Jake Scott???

i agree why cant we go after scott jesus! heck even titans just signed this G whos lastname i can never pronounce ...louti or something like that...was with seahawks

[Mameluc]

and there goes person ..geez why did we cut 2 guys to give room for that new T?

[krunk]

We should go get Essex too.

We did

[Jackie Daytona]

Counting Essex and Justice, we only have 8 Olinemen on the roster at the moment. LT Castonzo, LG Reitz, C Satele, RG McGlynn, RT Linkenbach then G/T Essex, T Justice ( injured ) and G/Turnstile Seth Olsen...... seems we need another body here, if nothing else.....

[allcolts]

Colts signed ol Trai Essex from steelers waived Aq Shipley ! Thoughts?

[krunk]

and there goes person ..geez why did we cut 2 guys to give room for that new T?

Don't think Essex is going to be a tackle. I think he's going to be a guard.

They say that Essex is versatile.

Lineup will probably be like Costanzo, Reitz, Satele, Essex, Justice

Or if Reitz won't be back soon then whoever will be in for Reitz

Probably Mcglynn

[Superman]

Essex is better at Guard, but apparently we DID want him, as he is signed

Is he going to play guard? I guess it's too early to tell, but if my memory serves me (and maybe it doesn't; I did a lot of drinking while watching the Colts last season), he has made a lot of mistakes at tackle.

[krunk]

Counting Essex and Justice, we only have 8 Olinemen on the roster at the moment. LT Castonzo, LG Reitz, C Satele, RG McGlynn, RT Linkenbach then G/T Essex, T Justice ( injured ) and G/Turnstile Seth Olsen...... seems we need another body here, if nothing else.....

You're not including Weems who can be called up from the practice squad if need be.

[krunk]

Is he going to play guard? I guess it's too early to tell, but if my memory serves me (and maybe it doesn't; I did a lot of drinking while watching the Colts last season), he has made a lot of mistakes at tackle.

Yeah I think he was one of Freeneys victims last year when he played tackle.

[Jackie Daytona]

You're not including Weems who can be called up from the practice squad if need be.

I only counted the active roster, which is so up to date, it already has Shipley and Person removed, and Essex added..... I said above I bet either Hicks or Weems gets added to active, probably Weems since he is a T

[Superman]

Yeah I think he was one of Freeneys victims last year when he played tackle.

Even the best have been victimized by Freeney, but I think he's a penalty/blown assignment machine. The Steelers have big problems at o-line, and they got rid of him. Says something. I think he's coming here because of Arians, and no other reason.