New WR... per JMV all signs point to DHB

[MFT5]

if you watch DHB, his route running and powerful stride with the ball in hand along with the way he high points the ball or catches with his chest on occasion reminds me alot of Garcon

[Playoffs2013]

I think it's Danario Alexander

[IndyColtScout]

I get that. But you dont let Avery go and pickup Darius Heyward Bey. Its a lateral move at best from what we've seen of the guy so far.

A lateral move can be a good thing when the guy you lost gets 3 years 10 mil, and the guy you get is younger/taller/just as fast for cheaper.

[The Peytonator]

I'd be pretty cool with DHB. From what I've read about him, he's improved a lot in the last couple years despite playing in the Hellhole that is Oakland. It sounds like you guys are over exaggerating his drops too.

[Restored]

In all honesty, whenever I've seen him play, he reminds me a LOT of Pierre Garçon. There are obvious pros and cons here but this makes logical sense to me.

Even when management changes, teams still will often try and plug players in and re-capitalize on previous successes. Avery last season was a Marvin Harrison 0.5. DHB could be a flash clone of Garçon.

[Malakai432]

I think DHB would be much better for the Colts than he was a Raider.

[throwing BBZ]

I get that. But you dont let Avery go and pickup Darius Heyward Bey. Its a lateral move at best from what we've seen of the guy so far.

 

 

I get that. But you dont let Avery go and pickup Darius Heyward Bey. Its a lateral move at best from what we've seen of the guy so far.

 

 A big reason our Smurfs Hilton & Avery lead the League in % of catchable balls dropped was, IMO, the little guys developed SHORT ARMS in heavy traffic.

 They both got hammered hard anyway, and I don`t know about you, but I was wondering many times if they were gonna get up.

I will be Super Impressed if Avery plays in 16 games. Its ruff out there. lol

[throwing BBZ]

But that was a made up number though lol.

Just was curious if that was real because it would be an impressive statistic to know,

 

 Ya, sorry about that. The 16+ number was from PFF.

I should have used an adjective rather than a number. People complained about the drops every week, and I complained about Andrews accuracy.

IMO it is a much different game having a high percentage of balls thrown to you out in front like Rogers, Brees, and others, rather than Constantly reaching back.

Andrew was interviewed at the Pro-Bowl i recall and said he needed to work on his accuracy. Amen!

[presto123]

 JMV days DHB but the CEO says LOL!

[our_dbs_rock]

That's not exactly a ringing endorsement for signing him IMO.

I'm just saying if he is cheap, it would be a low rish high reward situation. And if his big problem is dropped passes, it wouldn't be much different than a lot of the other receiver around here. It seemed like every receiver on the roster last year was in the top 15 for dropped passes. If its a cheap contract, if he does good then great if he does poorly then cut him in the pre season.

In other words I think the situation depends on the cap number of the contract. But personally I'm looking forward to seeing what Jeremy Kelley can do. It would be awesome to send him and fleener and Allen to the end zone for a jump ball. Lol

[cbear]

I'm not sure what all the argument about this guy is when we don't even know what we're offering him.  At the right price, almost any player can be a good pickup, much less a former top 10 pick that is tall, has sub 4.3 speed, is still young and from what I understand is a pretty decent person.  Let him get coached up in a stable enviornment.  What's there to lose (again if the price is right)?  You can still draft a WR as well. 

 

Seems like a no brainer to me to at least take a look at him. 

[lollygagger8]

 T.Y. Hilton led the League in % of dropped passes. 16+ %

 tied with Avery

Maybe it was because their QB threw 66% of their passes behind them.

 

And 75% of the time that QB was either scrambling (not eggs) and/or had a D-Lineman hanging on him as he threw.

[ColtJ82]

Me thinks the original WR in question was a trade, but no long term deal could be agreed upon. Being that a WR is an obvious need, attention has turned elsewhere. Pure speculation on my part.

[HarassedOffTheSite]

Lemme tell you something, if it takes this long for Darrius Heyward-Bey to sign with the Indianapolis Colts...I don't want him.

[OlBlu]

Is that a real statistic about Luck, or one of those "89% of all statistics are made up on the spot" statistic?

 

I agree with him that Luck threw many of his passes behind receivers or short on the long passes.....

[Hans Moleman]

I'm all for it. Sign the guy to a short, cheap contract, draft a WR anyways, and we'll actually have some competition there in training camp and hopefully some depth come the regular season. If he can't cut it, we cut him. If another team wants to pay him like a #2 long term, let them have him.

[House]

I agree with him that Luck threw many of his passes behind receivers or short on the long passes.....

Well yeah. I'm not arguing he never threw behind or above his receivers. I was just wondering if that statistic was compiled from actual data.

Which OP has clarified it was just a number he was using based on what he saw. Not the product of running numbers. Which there is nothing wrong with I might add.

[COLT in J-ville]

::HEAVY SIGH:: Please don't overpay