[Yates] Colts trade Phillip Dorsett for Jacoby Brissett

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[RockThatBlue]

Must mean Natson made the 53. Awesome.

 

Not sure what it means for Luck/Morris/Tolzein.

[NorthernBlue]

Where the heck did that come from

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[CheezyColt]

Wow!

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This is bad IMO.... on many levels. I think we will regret this one.

[Imped]

Seriously? That's disappointing. Watch....Dorsett will be a Pro Bowler in NE.

[The Fish]

Well that's not going to quell any of the drama on the Luck front and why are we helping the Patriots so much?

I don't like it. 

[deedub75]

They wait until the preseason is over to get another QB?  Luck must be staying on PUP. 

[MTC]

Not a fan of Jacoby Brissett. Although, he's better than Tolzien. So, there's that.

[Fisticuffs111]

I'm not too big a fan of this trade. More surprised than upset though.

Surely people will come out with the "Dorsett sucked" defense, but he made some highlight plays in the Steelers game and I too think he's been misused. 

I was fine rolling with Tolzien and Morris even if it ended up being for the whole season.

[bananabucket]

Ballard with a major head-scratcher.  Stupid

[Indyfan4life]

Well this came out of no where... Suggests Luck will be out longer than the 2-3 week time table. 

 

/sigh

[Flash7]

5 minutes ago, MTC said:

Not a fan of Jacoby Brissett. Although, he's better than Tolzien. So, there's that.

There are many QBs that will be released who are better than Tolzien. We could've kept Dorset and still acquired a better back up QB. Dumb trade.

 

And not to mention, the Patriots just got better. Let's do our best to make sure the champs get even better.

[shakedownstreet]

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[John Waylon]

 

Uhhh, ok. This is weird. Why?

 

Why for Brissett? Why now? 

 

This is a real oddity. I am not a fan of this move, and I'm not even sad to see Dorsett go.

[GoColts8818]

Very strange trade.  Clearly the Colts were not happy with what they saw from the QBs in the pre-season.

[NorthernBlue]

Brissett's stats in the preseason:

465 yards. 4 touchdowns. 1 Pick. 103.2 rating. 66 percent completion and ran for a TD. 7.5 yards per average.

 

Keep in mind though it was mostly from the last preseason game against backups.

[DaveA1102]

anyone but the patriots. 

[NorthernColt]

Don't see the outrage for this trade tbh. Yes Dorsett was a former 1st rounder but thats now irrelevant. Some people were calling for him to be cut now people are freaking out that we traded him for a solid young back up QB, we can rely on behind Luck. Whether Dorsett becomes a pro bowler or not should not matter to us, because he clearly wasn't working here. 

[cgi4life]

Wow, maybe this will make us better in the long run. I have to trust leadership

[Smitto]

I knew the Colts would do something like this... May not mean anything about luck but I know it does mean Ballard does not like the current QB situation. 

[ukcolt12]

Chud's terrible play calls will be laid bare for all to see in a few weeks time.

Bad bad move. To NE as well!

[IndyEric07]

3 minutes ago, NorthernBlue said:

Brissett's stats in the preseason:

465 yards. 4 touchdowns. 1 Pick. 103.2 rating. 66 percent completion and ran for a TD. 7.5 yards per average.

 

Keep in mind though it was mostly from the last preseason game against backups.

 

 

 

 

Any qb in the league can be good in the Pats system! Brissett wont show as well in the Colts system!

[Architects08]

Dies this mean Tolzein is gone? If Ballard is truly about competition he should be!

[JimJaime]

I was shocked by this trade, it tells me as a Pats fan a couple things. 1. Jimmy G will be back after this year. 2. BB wanted another weapon for Brady since Edelman went down.

 

my biggest question is how bad is Dorset? I figure he had be close being cut just like Bridgett was.

[Flash7]

We have seen many, many quarterbacks flourish with the Patriots. It's the system that makes the QBs look good, with the exception of Brady. Once they leave NE, they are no better than Cassel, Mallet, etc. 

 

We just traded a starting receiver for a back-up QB, who will most likely suck once he gets here.

[shakedownstreet]

Now I can move on from hoping Dorsett develops to declaring Dorsett always SUCKED 

[Smoke317]

I always said on the day we drafted Dorsett that I had heard the Patriots wanted him & Grigs took him because "if the Pats wanted him then he must be pretty good".  Watch him be used properly there...   

 

Now here we are trading him to them for a backup QB...  Patriots always get who they want...  Does this mean Luck will be out a lot longer than expected or did we just secure our backup QB for the foreseeable future?  Very odd & surprising trade to say the least. 

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[thatonefan]

Dorsett was our #4 or even #5 WR and we already have enough speed. Jacoby will likely start week 1. I don't see the problem even if Dorsett has potential.

[Superman]

If Dorsett can't perform in New England, he can't perform anywhere. If he has a good year, it's an indictment on Pagano's staff. 

[Jdubu]

Who is this QB and seriously, traded with the pats straight up for a speedy little wr and they really needed one? I do not like this trade one bit. TBH, I've just never heard of this QB so maybe he has talent I'm not aware of. A third stringer QB for a 3rd yr 1st rounder. BB strikes again!

[2006Coltsbestever]

Anyone sweating yet, Andrew's announcement will come at 359:59 pm

[2006Coltsbestever]

Just now, Superman said:

If Dorsett can't perform in New England, he can't perform anywhere. If he has a good year, it's an indictment on Pagano's staff. 

He will probably catch 80 balls and have 10 TD's since Edleman is out  

[austriancolt]

lol Ballard with a Grigson move...

[Finball]

Well, Ballard said that they'll be making mistakes in his introductory press conference..

[NorthernBlue]

1 minute ago, thatonefan said:

Dorsett was our #4 or even #5 WR and we already have enough speed. Jacoby will likely start week 1. I don't see the problem even if Dorsett has potential.

There is no way Brissett is gonna be as good here as he is in NE. And there is no way Dorsett will be as underutilized there as he was here. 

 

Brissett may be better than Tolzien and Morris, but there is no way he's so much better to the point that it warrants giving up a former first rounder (who believe it or not DOES have first round talent).

 

We gave up a lot of potential (that we for whatever reason could not tap) for New England's third string QB

[dew5150]

If the Colts cut Tolzien and keep Morris, I'm fine with this trade

[RockThatBlue]

5 minutes ago, Superman said:

If Dorsett can't perform in New England, he can't perform anywhere. If he has a good year, it's an indictment on Pagano's staff. 

I bet he does good there. Short speedy WRs make a killing in N.E. 

[JimJaime]

For colt fans what I have heard about Brisett:

 

he was not a lick make the team as his accuracy was still bad and his preseason was hotrid except for the last game. Thebig lnock I heard from the talking heads was he has not really improved from last year when the Pats were forced to run a College option type offense with him.