Colts sign LB Barkevious Mingo to 1-year deal

[Jason_]

2 hours ago, Defjamz26 said:

It's not a dumpster dive. Ballard wants youth and to build through the draft. He wasn't going to do what Grigson used to and get an average 30 year old veteran on a long term contract. Mingo is just that. 1 year deal, young player, and won't cost much. Not every signing has to be a huge splash.

 

What 30 year old veterans did grigson sign to long term contracts?

[Shive]

Quite a few people mentioned that if the Pats couldn't do anything with him, what good would he do us.. One thing I noticed about Mingo is that he was traded to NE in August, so he missed out on OTA's and training camp. He was behind the 8 ball the entire time he was there, just learning the defense. Hopefully with a full offseason with us, he'll develop a bit more.

[Jason_]

3 hours ago, Shive said:

Quite a few people mentioned that if the Pats couldn't do anything with him, what good would he do us.

 

great points all around...just wanted to piggy back a little and add that those people complaining also are conveniently forgetting about a guy named Darius Butler....another player who didn't work out with the Patriots but who has actually been a pretty good signing for us.

[#12.]

3 hours ago, Jason_S said:

 

another player who didn't work out with the Patriots but who has actually been a pretty good signing for us.

 

Of course there's cutting it on a Belichick defense... then there's making it on a Grigson/Colt defense.  What did Grigson say to Butler when he brought him in:  if you can't play CB for the Colts, you can't make it anywhere? Right, and five years of Grigson didn't change that. Look at this defense.  Many of the Pats castoffs would probably be some of our better players.  Hell, as of yesterday, many were penciling Mingo, a guy with zero sacks in the past two years, in as a starter on this team.