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[Shive]

 

[TheRustonRifle#7]

Adam S just said on ESPN that the Colrs are signing The Texans LB Simon ....no link as I watched it on tv.

[richard pallo]

6 minutes ago, TheRustonRifle#7 said:

Adam S just said on ESPN that the Colrs are signing The Texans LB Simon ....no link as I watched it on tv.

Yes!  Albert Breer just reported it. 3yr. 13.5M.  Excellent pickup!

[buccolts]

There's nothing wrong with that 'plan', IF you draft well.

Grigson didn't do that.

For the life of me, I don't know why he spent so much effort on 'project' guys.

Maybe he just didn't have a full understanding of what it took to make the 'plan' work.

Green may have been the death of him.

[GusBus24]

21 minutes ago, richard pallo said:

Yes!  Albert Breer just reported it. 3yr. 13.5M.  Excellent pickup!

Great pick up at only 4.5 mill a year! Low Risk High Reward

[krunk]

Not sure what his plans are at safety but I would like to see Darius Butler brought back.  I'll give Ballard my trust whatever his plan is, but I think D Butler has a place here.

[krunk]

Not sure what his plans are at safety but I would like to see Darius Butler brought back.  I'll give Ballard my trust whatever his plan is, but I think D Butler has a place here.

[OffensivelyPC]

52 minutes ago, Shive said:

 

That deserves its own thread if you ask me.

[ColtsBlueFL]

15 hours ago, SaturdayAllDay said:

Well that is an interesting and worrisome development if true.

 

Throws a wrench into the works about how people will sign with the Colts because of Luck and they want to win...

 

No question the AFC South is moving toward parity...

[weslo1812]

5 minutes ago, krunk said:

Not sure what his plans are at safety but I would like to see Darius Butler brought back.  I'll give Ballard my trust whatever his plan is, but I think D Butler has a place here.

Ballard has my trust as of right now. I really think he has a good understanding of what needs to be done and how to go about doing it. 

[Finball]

16 minutes ago, OffensivelyPC said:

That deserves its own thread if you ask me.

 

http://forums.colts.com/topic/50922-jabaal-sheard-visiting-colts/

[Shive]

2 minutes ago, OffensivelyPC said:

That deserves its own thread if you ask me.

There was one already and I didn't know it...lol

[OffensivelyPC]

2 minutes ago, Finball said:

 

http://forums.colts.com/topic/50922-jabaal-sheard-visiting-colts/

 

2 minutes ago, Shive said:

There was one already and I didn't know it...lol

Yeah, I didn't think to look over into the Colts forum section until after I already posted it lol.

[#12.]

So far Ballard has:

 

- Traded with the Patriots.

- Signed a Pats OLB.

- Signed a Vrabel/Crennel LB out of the Patriot system.

- Scheduled a visit with another Pats LB.

- Signed a left-footed punter.

 

[WarGhost21]

1 minute ago, #12. said:

So far Ballard has:

 

- Traded with the Patriots.

- Signed a Pats OLB.

- Signed a Vrabel/Crennel LB out of the Patriot system.

- Scheduled a visit with another Pats LB.

- Signed a left-footed punter.

 

You make it sound so terrible  

[#12.]

2 minutes ago, WarGhost21 said:

You make it sound so terrible  

No, just keeping score.

[ColtsBlueFL]

15 hours ago, jvan1973 said:

Romo is less durable than Samuel L Jackson in Unbreakable

 

Yet we couldn't get near and made the QB nobody wants (Osweiler!) look All-Pro.  Romo may look All-World unless we find a way to get in other teams backfield on a consistent basis.

[OffensivelyPC]

11 minutes ago, #12. said:

So far Ballard has:

 

- Traded with the Patriots.

- Signed a Pats OLB.

- Signed a Vrabel/Crennel LB out of the Patriot system.

- Scheduled a visit with another Pats LB.

- Signed a left-footed punter.

 

Which one is the bolded?  

[Colts_Fan12]

20 minutes ago, OffensivelyPC said:

Which one is the bolded?  

Simon was coached by Vrabel/Crennel in HOU

[WarGhost21]

Ravens have released Lardarius Webb. Potential option if Butler doesn't return?

[SaturdayAllDay]

12 hours ago, Colts1324 said:

Ask Denver and Oakland. Pretty sure Denver spent a lot of money on players(Talib, Ware, TJ Ward, DRC main ones) and won a SB. The reason Jacksonville, Cleveland, Philly, and the other teams haven't done much is because they haven't had a star franchise QB. Those stats are irrelevant. Pats spent 16 million on Revis. He played lights out. They won a SB. Raiders signed Kelsie Osmelee(top guard), Michael Crabtree, Bruce Irvin(top pass rusher), Sean Smith(one of top corners available) while still retaining their own FA's. Raiders were SB favorites for many people before Carr injury. Broncos, Pats, and Raiders all had/have franchise QB's. Look at the positives too. I think people don't realize how much two or three top players can make for a team. I agree the best way to build is through the draft, but with the way Grigson has screwed us over, signing some good free agents would help. 

 

Look

Its all about signing the RIGHT free agents, regardless of cost. You say that having a franchise qb means you can go all in free agency, but what has that done for the saints? They sign top 5 free agents every year yet are in salary cap hell and have 3 consecutive losing seasons to show for it. The chargers are another team who went all in on free agents last yr (hayward, mebane, benjamin) and didnt make the playoffs either. Cardinals have brought in big free agents (chandler jones, veldheer, iupati, evan mathis) over the last few yrs and had a worse record than us last year. You can try and argue that arizona was bad due to a decline from palmer, but they were a top 10 ranked offense last season so obviously he is doing well enough.  

A few great players didnt help their chances, so it is obviously not a given that a few will help ours. Can they? Its possible, but not probable. And for what they do to our cap situation if they dont pan out, it isnt worth the risk. As ballard said in his press conference, you have to know they will be effective if you wanna pay them that much. Hes doing his due diligence and deciding who those players are. Trust the process, give him some time, we will see some good players start coming in. If he hasnt done anything by june, then we can start freaking out. 

[Virtuoso80]

 

[GusBus24]

Jason La Canfora‏Verified account @JasonLaCanfora  1m1 minute ago

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Continue to hear the Falcons linked to Chiefs DT Dontari Poe. Very good chance he does 1yr deal to relaunch as a UFA next March

 

 

Hope this isn't true! really want the Colts to get Poe!

[Virtuoso80]

anyone know what our cap space looks like now?

[Colts1324]

42 minutes ago, SaturdayAllDay said:

Its all about signing the RIGHT free agents, regardless of cost. You say that having a franchise qb means you can go all in free agency, but what has that done for the saints? They sign top 5 free agents every year yet are in salary cap hell and have 3 consecutive losing seasons to show for it. The chargers are another team who went all in on free agents last yr (hayward, mebane, benjamin) and didnt make the playoffs either. Cardinals have brought in big free agents (chandler jones, veldheer, iupati, evan mathis) over the last few yrs and had a worse record than us last year. You can try and argue that arizona was bad due to a decline from palmer, but they were a top 10 ranked offense last season so obviously he is doing well enough.  

A few great players didnt help their chances, so it is obviously not a given that a few will help ours. Can they? Its possible, but not probable. And for what they do to our cap situation if they dont pan out, it isnt worth the risk. As ballard said in his press conference, you have to know they will be effective if you wanna pay them that much. Hes doing his due diligence and deciding who those players are. Trust the process, give him some time, we will see some good players start coming in. If he hasnt done anything by june, then we can start freaking out. 

Fair enough. I agree that you do have to sign the right free agents! If we sign all of our free agents to 2 or 3 year deals, it will not have an affect on "building through the draft." We have a few players to resign in the next two year(Mewhort, Moncrief, Swoope(maybe), Davis, Geathers, Anderson), but none of our own are going to demand top player except maybe Geathers. I'm not saying let's sign 4 top free agents. Just 1 or 2 first tier free agents. Poe and Hightower for example would make me estatic. I'm tired of average players. We need playmakers. Players on defense that can make a difference in a ball game. 

[Virtuoso80]

 

[SaturdayAllDay]

46 minutes ago, Colts1324 said:

Fair enough. I agree that you do have to sign the right free agents! If we sign all of our free agents to 2 or 3 year deals, it will not have an affect on "building through the draft." We have a few players to resign in the next two year(Mewhort, Moncrief, Swoope(maybe), Davis, Geathers, Anderson), but none of our own are going to demand top player except maybe Geathers. I'm not saying let's sign 4 top free agents. Just 1 or 2 first tier free agents. Poe and Hightower for example would make me estatic. I'm tired of average players. We need playmakers. Players on defense that can make a difference in a ball game. 

Agreed. Like I said though, it doesnt make sense to worry about it right now. Ballard is going through his process and deciding which guys are going to be hits. He wants to 100% sure these guys will be hits and I feel like that is worth waiting for. I have faith that if we trust the process that he is going through we will see results. Like I said, if nothing happens by June, then we freak out. 

 

[GusBus24]

7 minutes ago, Virtuoso80 said:

 

Cleaning out more of Grigson's trash!

[WarGhost21]

11 minutes ago, Virtuoso80 said:

 

As disappointing as he was, I was hoping he would get a chance as a purely slot corner for us and we would sign or draft a player outside.

[Virtuoso80]

10 minutes ago, GusBus24 said:

Cleaning out more of Grigson's trash!

LOL

[Shive]

29 minutes ago, Virtuoso80 said:

LOL

 I mean.....he's not wrong.

[Colts1324]

1 hour ago, SaturdayAllDay said:

Agreed. Like I said though, it doesnt make sense to worry about it right now. Ballard is going through his process and deciding which guys are going to be hits. He wants to 100% sure these guys will be hits and I feel like that is worth waiting for. I have faith that if we trust the process that he is going through we will see results. Like I said, if nothing happens by June, then we freak out. 

 

Yeah. I agree with those statements. I get freaked out when all the other teams are getting these "great" free agents and we are sitting back and doing nothing. Especially when two of the teams with the most cap space are in our division. I have no doubt in two years we will be up there with the best of them, I just want to be there competing for a SB next season. I believe it's quite possible we can do it IF we make the right moves(Hence why I'm stressing free agency and this offseason so much). 

[chad72]

Lardarius Webb released, 15th best safety last year. Pagano has coached him before, would be good addition, IMO.

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000792199/article/ravens-releasing-converted-safety-lardarius-webb

 

He would make a great addition if we re-sign Butler and continue to use Butler as nickel CB.

[krunk]

It wouldn't totally surprise me if Ladarious ended up here as a safety.   Maybe

[Coltfreak]

TOO OLD

[Gabriel Alexander Morillo]

Why would you want him? We have Green and Geathers. Just sign butler if you have no faith in those two. Don't bring in an aged, injury prone declining veteran. Let's stay away from that this time around please. 

[PeterBowman]

per Rotoworld and Schefter

 

Pats traded a 2nd to Carolina for Kony Ealy and a 3rd

[NorthernBlue]

41 minutes ago, PeterBowman said:

per Rotoworld and Schefter

 

Pats traded a 2nd to Carolina for Kony Ealy and a 3rd

When was the last time NE was this active at this point of the year?

[csmopar]

43 minutes ago, PeterBowman said:

per Rotoworld and Schefter

 

Pats traded a 2nd to Carolina for Kony Ealy and a 3rd

 

1 minute ago, NorthernBlue said:

When was the last time NE was this active at this point of the year?

wow.  I can't think of a time like this.  Looks like they're gearing up to make one more Superbowl run before Brady retires in the next 2-3 years?

[Virtuoso80]