DB is in a contract year...

[mvbighead]

He'll be an unrestricted free agent. The only tag or tender the team can use is the franchise tag, and like you say, that's just not gonna happen.

 

Cool, thanks for the info.  I wasn't exactly sure, and didn't figure it'd be easy to look up.  And, in that case, I just see one of two things happening:

 

A) DB goes to a place where he has a shot to win the starting role.

B) DB goes to the highest bidder, and that most likely is not the Colts.

[Superman]

Cool, thanks for the info.  I wasn't exactly sure, and didn't figure it'd be easy to look up.  And, in that case, I just see one of two things happening:

 

A) DB goes to a place where he has a shot to win the starting role.

B) DB goes to the highest bidder, and that most likely is not the Colts.

 

Assuming he has a year like his first four years here, he won't have very many bidders. It will be about him getting in a situation that he's comfortable with.

 

For him to get a shot at a starting role or get any significant offers after this season, he has to have a big breakout year. Not a Pro Bowl year, but he has to be a playmaker, he has to have statistical production (either 1,000 yards or 8+ touchdowns, with a 4.5ypc average), and he has to stay reasonably healthy. And if he does that, I wouldn't mind seeing us keep him on a reasonable one or two year deal.