Trade Donald Brown?

[John Waylon]

Jamaal Charles has apparently torn an ACL. Thomas Jones isn't exactly a great option to start, so maybe we can get something out of Brown from a team with a need.

At this point I'd take a 4th or 5th round pick for him.

Make it happen, Bill!

[IndyTrav]

They still have McCluster as well.

Brown wouldn't fetch a pail of salt water from an island nation, let alone a 4th Rd pick.

[Balzer40]

What would we get in return? A hot dog vendor and a foam finger!

[John Waylon]

They still have McCluster as well.

Brown wouldn't fetch a pail of salt water from an island nation, let alone a 4th Rd pick.

He already having injury issues.

[Andy]

I would trade him and Link for a 3rd rounder... OR a nice solid guard.

[oldunclemark]

Jamaal Charles has apparently torn an ACL. Thomas Jones isn't exactly a great option to start, so maybe we can get something out of Brown from a team with a need.

At this point I'd take a 4th or 5th round pick for him.

Make it happen, Bill!

Not too smart...to trade them a functional back a couple of weeks before we play them...

I'd keep Brown....again...his best game was our biggest game last season..

He came through when we needed him..

..and nothing in the first 2 weeks is his fault....Brown hasnt played a down..

[Malakai432]

What would we get in return? A hot dog vendor and a foam finger!

Tack on a couple Brewskies and it's a done deal.

Love the way the backs played today. I just wish Link wasn't horrendous and Collins didn't look like a washed up 38 yr old QB who was brought out of retirement. Delone seems like the real deal.

[Lodogg2221]

Not too smart...to trade them a functional back a couple of weeks before we play them...

I'd keep Brown....again...his best game was our biggest game last season..

He came through when we needed him..

..and nothing in the first 2 weeks is his fault....Brown hasnt played a down..

That alone should tell you something...

[Smitto]

Jamaal Charles has apparently torn an ACL. Thomas Jones isn't exactly a great option to start, so maybe we can get something out of Brown from a team with a need.

At this point I'd take a 4th or 5th round pick for him.

Make it happen, Bill!

i like the sound of this, but thats not gonna happen.

[oldunclemark]

That alone should tell you something...

It tells me we cant blame him for the first two losses..

..running the ball...actually isnt our problem right now..

[21isSuperman]

I'm fine with trading Brown (we saw today how the Colts coaches are fine with Addai and Carter as the backs), but I can't see anyone giving up anything important for him. What can we get from another team that would benefit us?

[John Waylon]

Not too smart...to trade them a functional back a couple of weeks before we play them...

I'd keep Brown....again...his best game was our biggest game last season..

He came through when we needed him..

..and nothing in the first 2 weeks is his fault....Brown hasnt played a down..

I want to laugh, but I'm just too horrified to.

Brown has had one good game.

Sometimes I forget one good game excuses a career filled with mediocrity, or worse off, less.

By the way, where is Kenton Kieth these days? He had a good game once. I mean surely after one good game he must be starting somewhere... How about Derek Anderson? He had a good Pro-Bowl season once... Surely he is already leading candidate for MVP, and already has a bust in his honor waiting to go into the hall in Canton?

[natelombardi]

i say we trade brown for a big power nose tackle. what do you guys think

[Andy]

i say we trade brown for a big power nose tackle. what do you guys think

I would like that, but he doesn't have that great of value, especially for a big power nose tackle...

[GoGoColts]

Jamaal Charles has apparently torn an ACL. Thomas Jones isn't exactly a great option to start, so maybe we can get something out of Brown from a team with a need.

At this point I'd take a 4th or 5th round pick for him.

Make it happen, Bill!

Donald Brown is not that much better than a practice squad quality player. I can't imagine that a team would pay to get him.

[GoColts8818]

I would trade him and Link for a 3rd rounder... OR a nice solid guard.

So would I, I don't think any team in the league is dumb enough to give them that in return.

[Susie Q]

I'm fine with trading Brown (we saw today how the Colts coaches are fine with Addai and Carter as the backs), but I can't see anyone giving up anything important for him. What can we get from another team that would benefit us?

A spare QB would work. lol

[John Waylon]

Donald Brown is not that much better than a practice squad quality player. I can't imagine that a team would pay to get him.

That's why we're going to prey on a team with an emergency need. Maybe in their desperation they give more for him than he's worth.

[Coltswarriors]

Not sure any team would give up anything for Donald Brown.

[colts52761]

didn't KC draft Jerrell Powe? NT 6-2 330lbs, i'd take him for brown.

[GoColts8818]

I want to laugh, but I'm just too horrified to.

Brown has had one good game.

Sometimes I forget one good game excuses a career filled with mediocrity, or worse off, less.

By the way, where is Kenton Kieth these days? He had a good game once. I mean surely after one good game he must be starting somewhere... How about Derek Anderson? He had a good Pro-Bowl season once... Surely he is already leading candidate for MVP, and already has a bust in his honor waiting to go into the hall in Canton?

You are looking at this the wrong way John Waylon we need to get him an NFL team (other than the Colts of course) so we can trade Donald Brown

[Moose Of Woe]

For what, a side of chilli cheese fries and some Pepto Bismol to help with the corresponding indigestion?

Maybe at some point his #1 round status would get him value, but unfortunately teams have now seen how little he brings to the table that he's worthless.

[oldunclemark]

We lose 2 games and we want to trade a 2-year guy who hasnt played a down...this season..

I sense panic.

[colts52761]

He sucks, that's why i want to trade him, and addai, carter, evans, spann are better than him anyway.

[GoColts8818]

We lose 2 games and we want to trade a 2-year guy who hasnt played a down...this season..

I sense panic.

I never wanted him drafted in the first place but that's a whole other story...

There is a reason he hasn't played a down this season like Caldwell said it's a production issue, namely outside of one game he hasn't had any. Even in the pre-season when all the other backs on the roster were ripping off nice runs and all at least had one game where they averaged 4.0 YPC or more who was the only one woh didn't? Brown.

Now with that said I think trading Brown is a dream namely because no one is going to give us anything for him.

[oldunclemark]

I guess it seems that when we lose...everyone is crap..and should all be fired.

2 games so far...

Its okay to be mad at Donald Brown if you have issues with him

but since he hasnt played a down isnt it somewhat irrelevant to our present situtation.. ??

[GoColts8818]

I guess it seems that when we lose...everyone is crap..and should all be fired.

2 games so far...

Its okay to be mad at Donald Brown if you have issues with him

but since he hasnt played a down isnt it somewhat irrelevant to our present situtation.. ??

I don't think he has anything to do with our present situation (other than that he should be another player that should have been our first round pick that year.) With that said it doesn't mean he doesn't stink.

[colts52761]

well after the season is over and brown didn't do anything you'll know why people wanted to get rid of him, he is a waste of a roster spot.

[oldunclemark]

I don't think he has anything to do with our present situation (other than that he should be another player that should have been our first round pick that year.) With that said it doesn't mean he doesn't stink.

123 yards and 2 TDs in the biggest game of last year....

He didnt stink that day....

Its odd he's so disliked....must be a horrible human being

[GoColts8818]

123 yards and 2 TDs in the biggest game of last year....

He didnt stink that day....

Its odd he's so disliked....must be a horrible human being

Yeah one game in two plus years...if he didn't have the Jags game what would you point too? The second best game of his career was vs. the Giants last year when he carried it 16 times for 69 yards and one TD. He's had five games in his career where he went over 50 yards. Not exactly what you would like to see from a former first round pick. Like Caldwell said there is a reason he's not seeing the field it's a production issue namely the lack of it from Brown.

Also I don't think anyone said a word about him being a horrible human being so why don't you try not to pretend like any of us did.

[Coffeedrinker]

Jamaal Charles has apparently torn an ACL. Thomas Jones isn't exactly a great option to start, so maybe we can get something out of Brown from a team with a need.

At this point I'd take a 4th or 5th round pick for him.

Make it happen, Bill!

Most of the "trade so and so" are pretty lame but this would be a win-win, IMO. Colts would free up a roster spot so they can move Diem back to RT, Pollack at RG and then sign another guard as a back-up. Kansas City would get a good back and Brown would go to a team where the blocking is a better fit for his running style. Maybe the Colts can get really lucky and trade Brown and Link for rookie guard Hudson.

[Coffeedrinker]

123 yards and 2 TDs in the biggest game of last year....

He didnt stink that day....

Its odd he's so disliked....must be a horrible human being

Don't read into things too much. Many people on this forum act that if a player is not a probowler his rookie season then he's a bust.

In the case of Brown though it is lack of production. Last year Addai and Hart both averaged 4.3 yards per carry. Brown averaged 3.9. In preseason all the backs averaged over 4.5 yards per carry, Brown was around 2.5.

Unlike many, I don't think Brown is a bad runner, I don't think he is a good fit for a zone blocking offensive line because he is not good at anticipating where the hole will open and he's not good at getting there when it does open. He is a gap runner... meaning he runs to a gap, if there is a hole there he will hit it and he is great at the 2nd level and has the speed to take it the distance once there. If the hole is not there he falls for a gain of 2 or less. Both Addai and Carter (and Hart last year) are (were) better at waiting for a hole to develop and then hitting the hole fast.

The run blocking has not really been better this year than last year but the backs are more productive with it, in large part because it's Addai and Carter rather than Addai and Brown.

[Albaby]

Trade Brown!! That's a great idea! :yay: ..............wait a minute! I think all of the other teams have seen him play too! :slaphead: Maybe they can get some used furniture or something like that for him. :hmm:

[John Waylon]

123 yards and 2 TDs in the biggest game of last year....

He didnt stink that day....

Its odd he's so disliked....must be a horrible human being

ONE GOOD GAME?

No way!

You're kidding me!

There's NO way. Just no way. No one has ever had ONE GOOD GAME in the 2 full seasons in the NFL. That just doesn't happen. It's metaphysically impossible. Usually players have ONE GOOD GAME once in their career, and it's usually late in their career. Peyton STILL hasn't had one.

Someone create a golden statue of Brown, we need to get down and start bowing. He had a good game once.

WHO ELSE DOES THAT?!

I seriously wish I were willfully ignorant enough to ignore all those runs he gained 0 or less yards on in the pre-season, all the runs he made last year for less than 2 yards, and most for negative yards, all the poor pass blocks he's attempted to make, or all the other stuff he hasn't done, but I'm just not. I'm a realist.

Anyone in the NFL can have ONE GOOD GAME. JaMarcuss Russell had one. Kenton Keith had one. Steve Slaton had one. Jake Delhomme had one. Demarius Thomas had one. Curtis Painter had one. Reggie Bush had one. There is a literally endless list of players who have had ONE GOOD GAME. But the simple fact is ONE GOOD GAME doesn't make a player good.

[Malakai432]

ONE GOOD GAME?

No way!

You're kidding me!

There's NO way. Just no way. No one has ever had ONE GOOD GAME in the 2 full seasons in the NFL. That just doesn't happen. It's metaphysically impossible. Usually players have ONE GOOD GAME once in their career, and it's usually late in their career. Peyton STILL hasn't had one.

Someone create a golden statue of Brown, we need to get down and start bowing. He had a good game once.

WHO ELSE DOES THAT?!

I seriously wish I were willfully ignorant enough to ignore all those runs he gained 0 or less yards on in the pre-season, all the runs he made last year for less than 2 yards, and most for negative yards, all the poor pass blocks he's attempted to make, or all the other stuff he hasn't done, but I'm just not. I'm a realist.

Anyone in the NFL can have ONE GOOD GAME. JaMarcuss Russell had one. Kenton Keith had one. Steve Slaton had one. Jake Delhomme had one. Demarius Thomas had one. Curtis Painter had one. Reggie Bush had one. There is a literally endless list of players who have had ONE GOOD GAME. But the simple fact is ONE GOOD GAME doesn't make a player good.

I think Jamarcus Russell had 2-3 good games, lol!!!!!!

I feel ya, that's why we got Delone Carters beastly butt playing 2nd now, he looks solid. Kid hopefully will turn out being very good someday. Colts will probably get rid of Delone Carter and keep Donald Brown for some odd reason

[John Waylon]

I think Jamarcus Russell had 2-3 good games, lol!!!!!!

WHY THEN HAVE WE NOT SIGNED HIM?! DEAR GOD, SOMEONE CALL BILL POLIAN!

Seriously, if ONE GOOD GAME is reason enough to remain on the roster despite 31 other mediocre and awful games it makes no sense for us NO to have Russell on the roster!

What is the meaning of this travesty?!

[Colts20593]

Wonder if Glenn Dorsey would be available? I think he's in the wrong system.

[John Waylon]

Wonder if Glenn Dorsey would be available? I think he's in the wrong system.

That's not impossible. They've been pretty let-down in him, so it could be a enticing deal for both sides. Each side trades away a player who hasn't lived up to his billing for a player who might turn it on in their system.