Arthur Jones Injury Status (Merge)

[Coffeedrinker]

to all the chicken littles in this thread   

There are no chicken littles in this thread.  To whom are you referring?

[James]

Another free agent bust by Grigson, go figure. Not drafting Malcom Brown looks really good now. I hate to complain since this team has some nice young pieces but I get depressed at the thought of how great this team would be if just a few draft picks and free agent money had been used wisely. If Andrew Luck isn't MVP leading this weak team to the playoffs I'll eat sawdust.

Can we stop with the Brown nonsense? Brown has looked pretty average for the Patriots. He's been a run stopper with little to no pass rush so far. We already have that with Langford at 5 tech and at NT. In fact, 1st round pick Malcolm Brown hasn't looked any better than 3rd round pick Henry Anderson.

[crazycolt1]

Another free agent bust by Grigson, go figure. Not drafting Malcom Brown looks really good now. I hate to complain since this team has some nice young pieces but I get depressed at the thought of how great this team would be if just a few draft picks and free agent money had been used wisely. If Andrew Luck isn't MVP leading this weak team to the playoffs I'll eat sawdust.

So now a player gets injured and Grigson made a bust? Really? You hate to complain? Could have fooled me with the weak team comment.

[PeterBowman]

Yep, it's all Grigson's fault that AJ got his ankle rolled up on twice....it's bad luck and seems to happen to a lot of Colts players.

 

At least the team, depth wise, seems to be much more prepared to deal with this.

[crazycolt1]

Yeah he's not coming back this season. It's worse then last year and he was never right then.

 

A waste of money for sure. Probably time to cut losses when it's financially sound.

 

We will see how the Colts spin this. The talk all offseason was how a healthy Jones would be the difference on the D line.

Spin this? There is no spin. It is an injury. So what are you trying to spin?

[crazycolt1]

Yeah he's not coming back this season. It's worse then last year and he was never right then.

 

A waste of money for sure. Probably time to cut losses when it's financially sound.

 

We will see how the Colts spin this. The talk all offseason was how a healthy Jones would be the difference on the D line.

It's not financially sound.

[CR91]

to all the chicken littles in this thread   

 

the ones complaining about grigs, saying jones is a bum, and calling this a weak colts team

[bababooey]

Don't understand how people blame Grigson for a guy getting hurt, you can criticize the draft but get real people he didn't know dude would be snake bitten.

He was injured last year and we did have a chance to snag Brown late in the first round...

[TKnight24]

You can't put it all on Grigson on this one...he wasn't injury prone coming in from Baltimore. But it does suck

Exactly. Seems like playing for the makes you injury prone. Indianapolis is cursed, I'm convinced

[Qwiz]

the ones complaining about grigs, saying jones is a bum, and calling this a weak colts team

I think you need to read Chicken Little again.

[CR91]

I think you need to read Chicken Little again.

 

end of the world format. what am I missing

[Qwiz]

end of the world format. what am I missing

I don't see any panicking. Discontent and complaints, yes, but not panic. At least not yet lol.

[mattceinicram]

Hopefully this could be our one major injury of the year, instead of a Wayne/Mathis disaster.

[Dustin]

Can we stop with the Brown nonsense? Brown has looked pretty average for the Patriots. He's been a run stopper with little to no pass rush so far. We already have that with Langford at 5 tech and at NT. In fact, 1st round pick Malcolm Brown hasn't looked any better than 3rd round pick Henry Anderson.

But but preseason means nothing

[CR91]

I don't see any panicking. Discontent and complaints, yes, but not panic. At least not yet lol.

 

would chicken tiny be more appealing for you since it hasnt escalated to chicken little

[TKnight24]

Cold, hard #s w/#colts Art Jones. $16M GTD from '14 FA contract: 9 gms, 3 starts, 24 tackles, 1.5 sacks. Oh, and 2 ankle injuries. Tough.

— Mike Chappell (@mchappell51)

September 2, 2015

Cold, hard #s w/#colts Art Jones. $16M GTD from '14 FA contract: 9 gms, 3 starts, 24 tackles, 1.5 sacks. Oh, and 2 ankle injuries. Tough.

[csmopar]

That was my question.  If the first DR told him he could play, is he going to the second doctor to see if he could play earlier or not at all?

I wondered the same thing.  I can't blame him either way really.  

[BProland85]

Art jones, yet another Grigson free agent bust. Can't put it all in him tho, Indy does seem to have a little bad luck when it comes to injuries.

[John Waylon]

Someone had to take the spot Donald Thomas left open I guess...

[corgi]

He was injured last year and we did have a chance to snag Brown late in the first round...

As I stated you can criticize the draft, but people calling for Grigson's head because a guy gets injured is pretty stupid.

[weslo1812]

Another free agent bust by Grigson, go figure. Not drafting Malcom Brown looks really good now. I hate to complain since this team has some nice young pieces but I get depressed at the thought of how great this team would be if just a few draft picks and free agent money had been used wisely. If Andrew Luck isn't MVP leading this weak team to the playoffs I'll eat sawdust.

Malcom Brown has looked unimpressive for the Pats so far compared to our first pick in Dorsett. Don't know what you're talking about. I think there's a good chance we got the better player now and in the future. And to blame this on Grigson is stupid quite frankly. He CAN'T control when and if a player is gonna get injured. It NOT HIS fault!!!! And it's a risk you take with any player. This is just an unfortunate event for us. Shouldn't be a big supprised though, looking at our injury history over the years.

[Jason_]

Art jones, yet another Grigson free agent bust. Can't put it all in him tho, Indy does seem to have a little bad luck when it comes to injuries.

 

Good call 

 

 

[Qwiz]

would chicken tiny be more appealing for you since it hasnt escalated to chicken little

....sure, if that made even the tiniest bit of sense.

[bababooey]

As I stated you can criticize the draft, but people calling for Grigson's head because a guy gets injured is pretty stupid.

Not blaming him for drafting, but Jones was injured last year so this isn't a shock. Hopefully his contingency plan is that who we have will get it done.

Edited September 2, 2015 by 21isSuperman

[TKnight24]

Frank Gore is one of the MOST durable backs in NFL history. If he gets hurt this year and misses weeks, I'm convinced it's the training staff or we're cursed

[Grigs build the lines plz.]

The savings for cutting Jones next season really aren't worth it compared to his cap hit pic.twitter.com/fKwlyuIHi6

— Jack Browne (@JackJBrowne)

September 2, 2015

UUUGGGGHHHH, we signed this useless waste of space for 5 years. It's gonna hurt a bit 

lugging his dead cap hit around for the next few years.

[CR91]

....sure, if that made even the tiniest bit of sense.

 

apparently you dont think this thread is at the level of chicken little, so I downsized it for you. your welcome

[BProland85]

I think from now on Grigson should be very cautious when signing free agents since we have not had luck with a good majority of them staying healthy. No more throwing money down the toilet plz

[Qwiz]

apparently you dont think this thread is at the level of chicken little, so I downsized it for you. your welcome

Thank you very much I appreciate it.

[indy1888]

Spin this? There is no spin. It is an injury. So what are you trying to spin?

 

Well,when the Colts pumped up Art Jones all offseason and how much a difference he would make for this D being healthy, i am curious as to what the Colts see for there D line now considering that not only will Jones not be healthy, but likely not even play a snap. 

[amfootball]

Malcom Brown has looked unimpressive for the Pats so far compared to our first pick in Dorsett. Don't know what you're talking about. I think there's a good chance we got the better player now and in the future. And to blame this on Grigson is stupid quite frankly. He CAN'T control when and if a player is gonna get injured. It NOT HIS fault!!!! And it's a risk you take with any player. This is just an unfortunate event for us. Shouldn't be a big supprised though, looking at our injury history over the years.

The Pats are bringing Brown around slowly like they did with Jaime Collins the first year. He is being asked to learn multiple positions across the Dline too so he will need time and they can give it to him as Easley has been a beast. His explosive power has been eye catching this pre-season.

[csmopar]

Art Jones is dead to me....next.

yep, cut him, 2 years in a row, not worth it.

[NewColtsFan]

Art Jones is dead to me....next.

 

This is the kind of comment that gives some fans a bad reputation......

[NewColtsFan]

UUUGGGGHHHH, we signed this useless waste of space for 5 years. It's gonna hurt a bit 

lugging his dead cap hit around for the next few years.

 

No.    We'll likely carry him for one more year.    That's the way Grigson has set-up deals.   So that the Colts can get out of them after 2-3 years.   

 

We will NOT carry Jones for the full 5-years.     

[rock8591]

Yep......may Suh will get cut ........hahahahahahahahahaahahaa

 

No, you foolish runt, JJ Watt and Rob Gronkowski will get cut, and sign with us for the veteran's minimum.

[RockThatBlue]

The good news here is this will increase Henry Andersons snaps.

[RealityIsLuck]

Terrible news. I cannot speak highly enough of Arthur's impact on our rushing D. My hope is we put him on IR designated to return, don't rush him back let him get fully healthy and then have him back in time for the playoffs.

[RealityIsLuck]

No.    We'll likely carry him for one more year.    That's the way Grigson has set-up deals.   So that the Colts can get out of them after 2-3 years.   

 

We will NOT carry Jones for the full 5-years.     

It's really hard to say that we'll carry him for another year if you're sure we're going to cut him. If Jones comes back and redeems himself and plays like the player we signed then there's no way he gets cut. Jones is on strike 2, he's still got a chance to redeem himself. He's not close to being cut at all, next year is the make or break year for him.

[NewColtsFan]

It's really hard to say that we'll carry him for another year if you're sure we're going to cut him. If Jones comes back and redeems himself and plays like the player we signed then there's no way he gets cut. Jones is on strike 2, he's still got a chance to redeem himself. He's not close to being cut at all, next year is the make or break year for him.

 

Even if we want to keep him,  we'd like re-do his deal after year 3.     If you look at almost all 5-year deal's Grigson has given out, they're set-up to be re-done after year 3.     The salaries go up for years 4 and 5.     Fine if the player is performing,  but if not,  they either get re-worked or the player is cut.

[K-148]

You can't put it all on Grigson on this one...he wasn't injury prone coming in from Baltimore. But it does suck

They can. They will.