Fleener to Saints!

[snkdy]

Wow.

 

 

[Steamboat_Shaun]

5-year deal, I can't wait to see the details.

[BOTT]

Nice guy...good luck

[C0lts088]

Reportedly 5yr. 36/mil 

[bababooey]

best of luck Coby

[SDakColts]

 

[Derakynn]

Literally just a worse version of Graham, who they got rid of.  Interested to see how much he was wanting to get. 

[C0lts088]

https://mobile.twitter.com/RapSheet/status/707715513649074177

[Bravo]

In before move to Free Agency thread. Lol

 

About 7mil a year

[danlhart87]

About same per year as Allen 

[CanuckColtsFan]

Less than Allen per year. I feel like we overpaid for Allen. At least Fleener stayed healthy and had some stats but hey, there it is.

[Colts420]

Hope Dewayne can stay healthy

[csmopar]

Grigs is an *

[Introspect]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!  He was soft... Couldn't break arm tackles!!!

[21isSuperman]

2 minutes ago, Derakynn said:

Literally just a worse version of Graham, who they got rid of.  Interested to see how much he was wanting to get. 

There's no denying how much success Graham had in New Orleans.  I think this is a great move for Fleener.  I expect Payton to really utilize his talents well

[COLTS449]

Yeah. We should have brought him back. I can totally see our draft looking like this Zeke Elliott, Austin Hopper in the first 2 rounds.

[danlhart87]

Allen and Doyle will be fine 

[Nesjan3]

well what can you do, Grigson is going to know what he did when Fleener starts 16 games and puts up decent stats, while we will have Allen sitting on the sideline injured and getting paid

[Shive]

1 minute ago, Introspect said:

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!  He was soft... Couldn't break arm tackles!!!

Exactly! Dude had no tenacity.

[COLTS449]

Dwayne Allen...Son you better put up monster numbers this year. And I'm talking 16 games, 600-700 yards, 6-10 TD's.

[COLTS449]

Lets sign Owen Daniels for a cheap 1 year deal.

[MarlySullivan]

Fleener is not that good and got overpaid. I'm sure hes a great guy and all but hes not that good. Allen also overpaid but has more upside if he can return to rookie year form.

[Flash]

Let's build through the draft.....oh wait.

 

 

We gotta keep our drafted players if we wanna build?

[CR91]

damn right shame to see him go. heres hoping swoope is ready to play

[DougDew]

The Colts only need one 7 million dollar TE.  Actually, that don't need any 7 million dollar TEs.

[MarlySullivan]

agreed...the position is expendable when you got guys like doyle doing a better job making league minimum

 

[OHColtfan]

Stephen Holder ‏@HolderStephen 3m3 minutes ago

re: Allen/Fleener, think of it like this: Allen can perform Fleener's role, but Fleener could never perform Allen's.

Not sure I agree with him on this at all. But now that this is a done deal, Allen better produce on the field or Grigson once again bet on the wrong horse- which is his track record.

[Bluefire4]

He'll be less Jimmy Graham more Josh Hill.

[MarlySullivan]

fleener has a lot of potential he really does...hence why he got the deal but he hasn't produced nore do i think he ever will. He doesn't run great routes, drops to many balls, and can't block

[NorthernBlue]

11 minutes ago, OHColtfan said:

Stephen Holder ‏@HolderStephen 3m3 minutes ago

re: Allen/Fleener, think of it like this: Allen can perform Fleener's role, but Fleener could never perform Allen's.

Not sure I agree with him on this at all. But now that this is a done deal, Allen better produce on the field or Grigson once again bet on the wrong horse- which is his track record.

What part of it can you not agree with? Just curious, cause Allen is a do it all TE who is an amazing blocker, whilst Fleener is more of a vertical threat. This team has plenty of options for the long ball already with TY, Donte and Phil, so a more balanced TE would make more sense, would it not?

[DougDew]

Methinks Holder is biased. 

 

Allen runs a 4.8.  About every time he tried to run the seem he was covered.  Coby got open on the intermediate routes quite well.

 

However, when Fleener tried to play Allen's role, 7 yard catch and drag the defender for a first down, he got tackled immediately.

[RockThatBlue]

38 minutes ago, 21isSuperman said:

There's no denying how much success Graham had in New Orleans.  I think this is a great move for Fleener.  I expect Payton to really utilize his talents well

I agree. Fleener is basically a poor mans Jimmy Graham. Good signing for them and him IMO.

[Patagonia Chris]

Congratulations New Orleans, here is what you got for $36 Million dollars....

 

[jim scheurich]

I liked fleener, not a monster TE, but could move like a big receiver. A little on the soft side, couldn't take the big hits. (I think he tried to avoid most). Anyway A lot saw this coming with the signing of allen.

[BOTT]

52 minutes ago, CR91 said:

damn right shame to see him go. heres hoping swoope is ready to play

 

[BOTT]

22 minutes ago, RockThatBlue said:

I agree. Fleener is basically a poor mans Jimmy Graham. Good signing for them and him IMO.

He's a homeless wino's Jimmy Graham.

 

 

[RollerColt]

Good luck Coby! 

[NewColtsFan]

55 minutes ago, DougDew said:

The Colts only need one 7 million dollar TE.  Actually, that don't need any 7 million dollar TEs.

 

Huh?

 

[DougDew]

2 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:

 

Huh?

 

I meant the Colts don't need either Fleener or Allen for $7 million. JMO.

[MTC]

Absolutely not worth $7+ million a year. Bye Fleener. Good luck in NO.