Colts near deal with CB Vontae Davis, or not? (Reports) [Merge]

[bap1331]

Well supposedly he waited so he can see the other deals other cornerbacks get paid. Which in my opinion looks like he is looking for more money. I'd rather have a player for championships. So we have enough money for everyone else.

[Dustin]

 Which in my opinion looks like he is looking for more money. I'd rather have a player for championships.

 

You'd have a hard time fielding a team. 

[snkdy]

Hopefully, when he signs the contract at whatever amount... he writes the right name down.

[pacolts56]

I would actually like someone to tell me a better corner the colts have had  the last 20 years then vontae

Tyrone Poodle

[colts_100nascar17fan]

I can only name 4 corners better then davis. revis sherman haden and PP. davis is a top 5 CB and deserves to be paid like it.

Dude stop doing heroin,seriously.....top 10 corners dont get burned nearly every week and arent inconsistent!

[dw49]

Or, after being reported that the two sides were close, another team came in with a last-minute, high-ball offer that made the agent re-examine the deal.

 

 

Naa... La Conta just got some info the other two guys didn't get. IMO . Davis will be on the dotted line tomorrow

[IndyScribe]

Dude stop doing heroin,seriously.....top 10 corners dont get burned nearly every week and arent inconsistent!

Then there wouldn't be enough CBs to even have a top 10.

[jvan1973]

Dude stop doing heroin,seriously.....top 10 corners dont get burned nearly every week and arent inconsistent!

do you actually watch the games? I can think of two poor games last season

[Nick93]

Dude stop doing heroin,seriously.....top 10 corners dont get burned nearly every week and arent inconsistent

 

A lot of the times he was beaten deep was due to poor safety help.

[CR91]

Dude stop doing heroin,seriously.....top 10 corners dont get burned nearly every week and arent inconsistent!

 

then name me 10 better cbs

[TYhaze]

Seriously though... Since when does two bad games make you inconsistent?

 

 

[CR91]

Tyrone Poodle

 

you cant be serious

[pacolts56]

you cant be serious

I wasn't serious.....Tyrone Poole trying to tackle a WR often reminded me of a poodle at the ankles of a mail man.

[Iancolts]

Either way Monday morning is when we will know

[BProland85]

Getting Davis done will allow us to focus on the front 7 in the draft, with the exception of bringing in a FS as well. We could upgrade our pass rush after the Davis deal though.

[TYGoodbye]

 

Getting Davis done will allow us to focus on the front 7 in the draft, with the exception of bringing in a FS as well. We could upgrade our pass rush after the Davis deal though.

 

 

Yeah, if we could get Ward or Whitner in FA, along with a center, then we can go DL in the second and WR in the 3rd. I think that would just about cover all of our major holes and we can go BPA in the later rounds.

[BlueCollarColts]

Seriously though... Since when does two bad games make you inconsistent?

 

 

The new definition of consistent is now dominate every single game

[BLUEx40]

I feel l like if it isn't done by the morning than sayonara

[COLTS449]

Grigs is going to make this happen. He knows we can't let Vontae go. It will be done tomorrow.

[Nobody]

Great. Don't care what it is.

I'm basically at this point, just want him back

[Colts_Fan12]

Pro-bowl is a joke. This is irrelevant.

This literally means nothing. He's not a WR. He's left on an island 90% of the time and 90% of the time he shut's his guy down. That's all that matters.

No he doesn't. He had two-three bad games all season long.

Yes he is. As consistent as possible. Gave up 560 yards all season. Half of that coming in a bad two game stretch.

And didn't he have nagging injuries that he played through in those bad games too

[Day at the Hilton]

I'll be happy with anything under 10 mil avg. we need help in the front seven too

[Nobody]

Most of this "inconsistent" talk is because of one game where he was burnt by maybe the fastest player in the league with two safeties who can't cover and illegal pick plays, just saying.

[Colts_Fan12]

Gotta resign Vontae then would love to draft a CB early and have him take over for Toler later this season or next

[Colts_Fan12]

Most of this "inconsistent" talk is because of one game where he was burnt by maybe the fastest player in the league with two safeties who can't cover and illegal pick plays, just saying.

If I could like this more I certainly would!!

[vinfromJersey]

CB market is trending higher...Colts need to keep this key piece...it will be closer to $10mm than 8mm per...

[Patagonia Chris]

Davis isn't inconsistent. He has had far more good games than bad games as a Colt. The league is way too offense friendly for a CB to be able to shut WR's out every week. Davis has performed like a top 10 corner and he will be paid like one. He's a legitimate #1 CB in this league and would be a major hole on our defense if he wasn't a Colt next year.

[achcolts]

A lot of the times he was beaten deep was due to poor safety help.

 

THIS

[BlueCollarColts]

Really hope we can reach a deal with him, would hate to lose one of our few good defensive players

[Hamster360]

If the cap is going to keep going up 5-10M/year in the next 2-3 years, you better sign your top 10 CB to 10M/year now, before they start asking for 12+M/year. Contracts are only going up n up. Davis is a very good CB, pay the man, or next year we'll be giving 10M to someone who is worse.

[Neckbeard94]

Can we just get him signed so I can semi stop worrying about our secondary lol

[GoColts8818]

My guess is if we sign him the forum will complain we over paid for him and scream at Grigson for doing a bad deal or we won't sign him and the forum will complain we let him walk and scream at Grigson for letting him walk. A true no win spot for Grigson at least with the fanbase.

[GoColts8818]

Gotta resign Vontae then would love to draft a CB early and have him take over for Toler later this season or next

i know this isn't popular but I don't think the Colts are looking for a corner to replace Toler.

[Colts_Fan12]

i know this isn't popular but I don't think the Colts are looking for a corner to replace Toler.

They aren't they will let him be injured all year this year. Cutting him is what we SHOULD do but I know we won't.

[HtownColt]

@Colts_Comments: Top 2014 avg. CB salaries:

Revis-$16,000,000

B.Carr-$10,020,000

L.Hall -$9,750,000

J.Joseph-$9,750,000

L.Webb-$8,333,333

T.Williams-$8,250,000

B.Flowers-$8,225,000

Joe Haden-$8,011,348

Brent Grimes-$8,006,250

[ty4atd]

@Colts_Comments: Top 2014 avg. CB salaries:

Revis-$16,000,000

B.Carr-$10,020,000

L.Hall -$9,750,000

J.Joseph-$9,750,000

L.Webb-$8,333,333

T.Williams-$8,250,000

B.Flowers-$8,225,000

Joe Haden-$8,011,348

Brent Grimes-$8,006,250

 

And I believe you'll be able to add Shields to that list depending on how recent it is and Shields' cap hit in 2014, should be around 9.75, depending on how it's structured. And I would put Davis everyone on that list except Grimes, Haden, Flowers and Revis then factoring in his age Davis is worth 9-10 million a season.

 

I'm still confident a deal will get done and Davis is just hearing what every team has to say to him now and will use that as leverage but Grigs knows how important he is to our team.  

[csmopar]

Anyone else just want to know, one way or the other? the suspense is killing me

[Jaric]

I wasn't serious.....Tyrone Poole trying to tackle a WR often reminded me of a poodle at the ankles of a mail man.

I remember watching some of the angles Mike Doss would take to try and make a tackle and wonder how many geometry teachers were just weeping on their couches.

[Gavin]

I woudn't pay anymore then 8 mill

[Dustin]

I woudn't pay anymore then 8 mill

Under the old cap maybe. Next year a $10M APY contract is the equivalent to a $7.5M APY contract last year