Vontae Davis released

[Case]

ballard isn’t playin

 

 

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[coltsfeva]

So, who has a better shot at becoming our next “shut down” corner:

 

Wilson

Melvin

Desir ?

[lollygagger8]

Thanks for everything you did for the Colts, Vontae. 

 

I still get a chuckle every time I think about him prepping for Brady while playing Manning. 

 

 

[PrincetonTiger]

Shocked but not Shocked

[csmopar]

8 minutes ago, MightyLucks said:

ballard isn’t playin

 

 

c

then he wasn't infact injured......

[Chrisaaron1023]

Smdh bye bro

[Mr.Debonair]

Don’t mind him being released but this whole situation has been poorly handled. Then again that shouldn’t surprise me considering the Franchise smh

[21isSuperman]

That's the right decision.  When he was healthy and focused, he was an elite shutdown corner.  Unfortunately, injuries didn't let him stay at that high level.

[Colt.45]

That escalated QUICKLY.

[crazycolt1]

It's tough getting old.

[John Waylon]

Boy I'd really like to know what's going on here. 

 

There's something more than just the injury. Has to be. There's gotta be some kind of internal beef that has been bubbling. 

[Old Colt]

2 minutes ago, Mr.Debonair said:

Don’t mind him being released but this whole situation has been poorly handled. Then again that shouldn’t surprise me considering the Franchise smh

This seems to be the new SOP for this team..... cover up, lie, mis-direct.... mislead...

[csmopar]

Just now, Old Colt said:

This seems to be the new SOP for this team..... cover up, lie, mis-direct.... mislead...

not to sound like a homer, but according to the team, which claims to have medical documentation proving Vontae was fully medically cleared, I think this was Vontae hiding the injury from the team.  Now that he's been released, this may have been exactly why.

[PeterBowman]

wonder if he asked for his release?

 

if not, then Ballard's got some Belichick in him....and maybe that aspect is a good thing going forward.

[icf]

This team is a total mess.....

[Old Colt]

The Patriots and their fans are going to have a hay day with this.....  fudging injury reports, cover ups...

 

Guess if you can't beat them, join them.

[Everyone]

That's one way to cure VD...

[Creekside]

7 minutes ago, Mr.Debonair said:

Don’t mind him being released but this whole situation has been poorly handled. Then again that shouldn’t surprise me considering the Franchise smh

 

I wholeheartedly disagree. Davis wasn't playing well because of a previous injury that had healed well enough to be cleared to play by team doctors. He didn't like being demoted. But the Colts could not put him on the field because he was a liability.

 

Why can't it simply be that some injuries are difficult to assess by both doctors and players, instead of it always being that the team mishandled it, or the team is lying about it?

[Defjamz26]

We should merge this with the other Vontae topic

[Colttodd18]

I’m thinking Vontae was upset with being shopped around during the trade period so he decided he would milk his injury and not play for the Colts. Ballard and Coaches then decided to cut him. Good move. Sets a tone and gives them a chance to watch some younger guys. 

[csmopar]

5 minutes ago, Everyone said:

That's one way to cure VD...

[Indeee]

I think whats going on/what went on is that Vontae got really upset at the "trade block" (he was being shopped). The Colts coaches then basically demoted him for "bad play" on the field. Vontae probably told them at that point that he wasn't still feeling better due to groin issue, which led to the colts staff getting bent/confused as now they are confronted with vontae hiding injury details possibly. This is why colts never reported it. So at that point they told vontae to get other opinions, here comes the surgery reference, however the Colts just didn't want anymore circus regarding this so they cut him as he was going to IR anyway..

 

I believe something like this went down, a part of it at least. just speculation though, good or bad

[21isSuperman]

9 minutes ago, John Waylon said:

Boy I'd really like to know what's going on here. 

 

There's something more than just the injury. Has to be. There's gotta be some kind of internal beef that has been bubbling. 

Why?  Vontae was upset with the Colts, the Colts claimed they had done nothing wrong.  Vontae is underperforming, getting old, and injured.  He's also in a contract year, and the trade deadline has passed.  The Colts want to get younger.  Releasing him was the right move

[HungarianColtsFan]

Good by Vontae!!! Thank you for everything!

 

He wasn't himself lately. Neither last season...

[Everyone]

3 minutes ago, csmopar said:

I can't believe Davis actually referred to himself as VD, it was on his facebook and stuff haha.

[csmopar]

For those that want to know.... cutting Vontae just saved us 9 million bucks with a cap hit of 1.25 million. per OTC dot com

 

https://overthecap.com/calculator/indianapolis-colts

[Everyone]

[superrep1967]

18 minutes ago, John Waylon said:

Boy I'd really like to know what's going on here. 

 

There's something more than just the injury. Has to be. There's gotta be some kind of internal beef that has been bubbling. 

Yeah. maybe he was upset he was in trade talks. 

[Reidm]

Most likely he has been hurt and was playing through it because he is in a contract year and knew that he needed to play in order to get signed this offseason. Now that he isn't playing he might as well get his injury fixed. 

[Crush22]

16 minutes ago, Everyone said:

That's one way to cure VD...

[Dingus McGirt]

"It's not personal, Sonny," said Michael Corleone.  "It's strictly business."

[IndyD4U]

Not surprising. He was solid for a number of years.

 

Time to throw Wilson in the fire. It's a good year to do so

[Indy1996]

We should start melvin at LCB and Start Quincy at RCB

[The Fish]

11 minutes ago, 21isSuperman said:

Why?  Vontae was upset with the Colts, the Colts claimed they had done nothing wrong.  Vontae is underperforming, getting old, and injured.  He's also in a contract year, and the trade deadline has passed.  The Colts want to get younger.  Releasing him was the right move

Well don'tcha know, the Colts are dumber and worse than the Browns now, so basically everything is now evidence of the narrative..

 

 

BTW, yes, at this point it was the right move. The Colts side of this story has to be something like this.. He wanted to play, and we (the squad) needed him.

It didn't work. That happens sometimes. 

[Indy1996]

Cuz Dessir is ok but isnt the greatest he gets burned alot and he will get torched by JUJU and Brown

[PeterBowman]

11 minutes ago, Everyone said:

I can't believe Davis actually referred to himself as VD, it was on his facebook and stuff haha.

and Ballard is the penicillin

[ProblChld32]

38 minutes ago, MightyLucks said:

ballard isn’t playin

 

 

c

How did this impact our books? What is the hit?

[2006Coltsbestever]

It's the right move, Ballard is a straight forward shooter and doesn't mess around.

[jameszeigler834]

25 minutes ago, PeterBowman said:

wonder if he asked for his release?

 

if not, then Ballard's got some Belichick in him....and maybe that aspect is a good thing going forward.

He sucked anyway.

[IndyD4U]

1 minute ago, ProblChld32 said:

How did this impact our books? What is the hit?

 

From @csmopar

 

For those that want to know.... cutting Vontae just saved us 9 million bucks with a cap hit of 1.25 million. per OTC dot com

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