Bashaud Breeland leaves Indy without deal

[TKnight24]

 

 

[richard pallo]

As much as many of us thought the signing of Breeland or one of the other FA defensive backs made sense it's looking more and more like that that ship has probably sailed.  Ballard is probably going to wait for cut down day to make any future moves.   But if he really has interest in any of them he might want to move pretty quickly. 

[NewColtsFan]

Well.....      CRAP!!  

 

I was hoping for a late off-season surprise.    This one makes so much sense.   I confess I’m disappointed.

 

Oh well...    In Ballard I trust.   But I sure hope someone in the media asks him about it.   I’d love to read his explanation.

 

[jameszeigler834]

ID take him if he came here but I would rather see what we have in the young guys.

[Shadow_Creek]

26 minutes ago, jameszeigler834 said:

ID take him if he came here but I would rather see what we have in the young guys.

i agree and i believe CB is waiting just to see what the young DB's can do for us before he makes another move

[The Peytonator]

They must be really happy with the farm system we’ve got at corner. I like the youth movement but the depth is a little concerning to me. 

[LJpalmbeacher2]

1 hour ago, NewColtsFan said:

Well.....      CRAP!!  

 

I was hoping for a late off-season surprise.    This one makes so much sense.   I confess I’m disappointed.

 

Oh well...    In Ballard I trust.   But I sure hope someone in the media asks him about it.   I’d live to read his explanation.

 

 

Disappointed? Really?

Ballard said he wasn't going to over spend in FA. The man is doing what he said. He has a plan. 

Ballard knows how to build a team more than we know.

[NewColtsFan]

1 hour ago, LJpalmbeacher2 said:

 

Disappointed? Really?

Ballard said he wasn't going to over spend in FA. The man is doing what he said. He has a plan. 

Ballard knows how to build a team more than we know.

 

You couldn’t even read one more sentence?  

 

I literally wrote:  Oh well...  in Ballard I trust.

 

Just one more sentence and you’d have realized your post wasn’t necessary....

 

But it’s cute to see you pretend to like and agree with Ballard.    It’s not believable but it is cute......

 

[1959Colts]

I couldn't care less if Breeland signs elsewhere

[CR91]

 

[TKnight24]

 

[NorthernBlue]

I wonder why teams are starting to pounce on him now of all times? His foot must be getting closed to or is fully healed right about now.

[richard pallo]

This is getting "juicy".  Second visit.  Sure looks like we're serious suitors.  

[NewColtsFan]

Ok...   now we have new tweets saying we have some level of interest.   This is different from the tweets that started the thread and listed a couple of teams and the Colts were NOT one of them.  Now apparently we are.

 

This is encouraging. 

 

I hope Ballard makes it clear that Breeland should NOT sign with another team before he visits the Colts and lets us make a new pitch.

 

It’s now back on our radar.   Good for us.    Still looking for a solid signing or two (also safety) now that camp has started.

 

 

[Four2itus]

There is an attitude that vets get....I've made my hay, I want to get. And they deserve it. If Ballard doesn't move...its likely that we are not ready to pay for "That" guy yet. Fans so want this year to be all good. But moves to make that happen this season might cost a bit of the future. 

 

I trust in this GM. 

[TKnight24]

14 minutes ago, Four2itus said:

There is an attitude that vets get....I've made my hay, I want to get. And they deserve it. If Ballard doesn't move...its likely that we are not ready to pay for "That" guy yet. Fans so want this year to be all good. But moves to make that happen this season might cost a bit of the future. 

 

I trust in this GM. 

This will be his 2nd visit with Indy so that’s a good sign 

 

Colts have the money, Ballard just doesn’t believe in paying people anything just cause they’re asking for it. He has a price tag in mind, you either sign for it or you go somewhere else. He’s not gonna throw the bag at players who don’t deserve it

[krunk]

Secondary will look a lot better if he does sign. 1st and 2nd options will be solid in terms of our depth.

[Defjamz26]

Assuming Quincy starts, we do need another outside CB. Breeland could be that for us.

[richard pallo]

 The fact he has agreed to a second visit speaks volumes.  I can't believe he would come back without having the parameters of a deal in place.  I expect he will make all of his visits and we are last.  So far this looks very promising to me. 

[indyagent17]

I agree, second visits mean a great deal as long as he isn't playing basketball and not talking to coaches 

[dgambill]

There are so many factors that make up a decision like this. Clearly we must have left Bashaud with some type of information that we are interested if we can agree on the conditions. Could have been fully healed, maybe he perform some tests or work out, money differences etc. It would seem that perhaps some of those conditions have been met and he is coming back. Given nobody signed him...and now he has a bunch of visits again I would say that he wasn't fully healed when he went to all these teams a few months ago. Now that he is he is following up on the contract conversations and we should see some action. It makes a lot of sense to not sign an unhealthy guy. I'm sure if he does or doesn't end up with us Ballard has turned that stone and looked in every nuck and cranny to determine if it was in the best interest for the team. On the surface just based on his play the last few years and what we have on the team and developing. I think he would be a nice addition. We have a lot of young guys but I'm not sure they will all be ready to perform when the lights come on. Also given how common injuries are to a secondary...I would like the depth and maybe even leadership if he is capable to bring to the squad. We will see!

[stitches]

I wonder who our coaches think is our CB1.... Is it Desir or Wilson? Who will lose his starting spot if we go for Breeland? 

[Dark Superman]

Having Breeland come back for a second meeting says a lot about how the first one went. He must be close to being healthy, so the Colts will most likely have him in for a workout and then determine if he's worth a contract.

[MB-ColtsFan]

1 hour ago, indyagent17 said:

I agree, second visits mean a great deal as long as he isn't playing basketball and not talking to coaches 

Ya' know...now that you bring that up again...just wondering if they were secretly taping him to see how he moved while playing bball?  You can work him out without actually working him out.

Not saying he was playing all out while playing, but if he showed signs of favoring the foot or

likewise that would give some insight to his range and ability to play on it.

Just thinking out loud here.  Feel free to shut my mind, lol.

[Four2itus]

58 minutes ago, MB-ColtsFan said:

  Feel free to shut my mind, lol.

[PeterBowman]

any idea as to when this week he's visiting?

[MB-ColtsFan]

1 hour ago, PeterBowman said:

any idea as to when this week he's visiting?

 

20 hours ago, CR91 said:

 

Today, according to the NFL.

[NewColtsFan]

Wednesday is what I’ve been reading.

[1959Colts]

1 hour ago, PeterBowman said:

any idea as to when this week he's visiting?

I haven't heard anything specific as to his visit with the Colts...

but I read he 's scheduled to meet with Cleveland on Friday.

 

which is interesting since the Browns have the largest amount of cap space, and Colts are second across the league.

[TKnight24]

Updated 

[TKnight24]

6 hours ago, PeterBowman said:

any idea as to when this week he's visiting?

Thursday. Updated the OP 

[Dark Superman]

Gotta snag him before Cleveland overpays for him.

[NewEra]

19 hours ago, indyagent17 said:

I agree, second visits mean a great deal as long as he isn't playing basketball and not talking to coaches 

He just wanted to come back for some pick up basketball games

[Hoose]

22 hours ago, 1959Colts said:

I haven't heard anything specific as to his visit with the Colts...

but I read he 's scheduled to meet with Cleveland on Friday.

 

which is interesting since the Browns have the largest amount of cap space, and Colts are second across the league.

The Colts truly have a wide open situation at CB. There are favorites to start, of course, but I have to believe that a healthy Breeland gets one of the two starting slots. I'm not sure the Browns' situation gives him as much opportunity. It comes down to $, yes, but also which team sees him as a true starter and not a backup. A team seeing him as a starter will offer more than one seeing him as strong depth. I'm betting on the Colts. 

[richard pallo]

36 minutes ago, Hoose said:

The Colts truly have a wide open situation at CB. There are favorites to start, of course, but I have to believe that a healthy Breeland gets one of the two starting slots. I'm not sure the Browns' situation gives him as much opportunity. It comes down to $, yes, but also which team sees him as a true starter and not a backup. A team seeing him as a starter will offer more than one seeing him as strong depth. I'm betting on the Colts. 

I hope so.

[krunk]

I think if he doesn't sign with the Chiefs he will sign with us.   I can't see him signing with the Browns as much because they will most likely be starting Denzel Ward on one end and then on the other end you've got EJ Gaines.  If you bring in Breeland I assume that would mean Ward would either be a backup or maybe move into the nickel.  I don't think they would bring Breeland in to play over Gaines and I think they have every intention of starting Denzel Ward.

[richard pallo]

26 minutes ago, krunk said:

I think if he doesn't sign with the Chiefs he will sign with us.   I can't see him signing with the Browns as much because they will most likely be starting Denzel Ward on one end and then on the other end you've got EJ Gaines.  If you bring in Breeland I assume that would mean Ward would either be a backup or maybe move into the nickel.  I don't think they would bring Breeland in to play over Gaines and I think they have every intention of starting Denzel Ward.

I think you're right.  If he gets out of KC I think he signs with us tomorrow. 

[TheRustonRifle#7]

If healthy, a good get this time of year....

[ar1888]

I heard a report today that he attended Chiefs practice, which odd for a unsigned free agent. 

[chrisfarley]

On 7/21/2018 at 7:15 PM, LJpalmbeacher2 said:

 

Disappointed? Really?

Ballard said he wasn't going to over spend in FA. The man is doing what he said. He has a plan. 

Ballard knows how to build a team more than we know.

is there a deal in place where Ballard gets a percentage bonus of unspent cap money?.....WAIT, i'm just kidding,   Blatant   the dog days of summer are upon us