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25 minutes ago, CR91 said:

 

He has injury concerns yea, but when healthy hes a very good cover corner

Verrett has been San Diego’s slot nickel corner.  He’s small...  5’9” and about 185 or so.

 

And we have Kenny Moore. 

 

Its also not clear how much all those injuries have taken out of JV. 

 

Just some food for thought...

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6 minutes ago, stitches said:

wth are they doing? this is insane. God, I'm so happy we didn't get Gruden ... 

I dont know but I was thinking the same thing. Swinging for the fences in a hurry it looks like

4 minutes ago, Boiler_Colt said:

How can they even announce that if the tampering period doesn't even start until 4pm?

Tampering started at noon, teams can agree to terms just not officially sign until 4pm Wednesday.

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1 minute ago, Superman said:

 

I don't understand what's wrong with this deal. Great LT hits the market, he's going to reset the market. 

 

I guess that's the OL market now. Though I never understood why SF traded him to move up a couple rounds in the draft. Seems like the type you would keep when you just got a shiny new franchise QB.

 

NE yet again scores a 3rd round comp pick. They moved back 50-60 spots from the end of the 3rd round...got Brown for a season to be their starting LT (and won the Super Bowl)...and now will collect a 3rd round comp pick. It's like these other teams want NE to win every year.

 

And there are so many Colts fans that don't want Ballard to trade picks.

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2 minutes ago, Superman said:

 

Got it. I get that, just a matter of whether he's actually good, not necessarily the investment in a LT. 

Yeah... it's weird. LTs will get paid, but IMO they sold a MUCH better offensive lineman in Osemele for peanuts and paid Brown like he's a top 3 OT in the league... he's not... he's not close to being there. 

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10 minutes ago, Boiler_Colt said:

How can they even announce that if the tampering period doesn't even start until 4pm?

 

They didn’t announce it.

 

Odds are this comes from the player’s agent.   He’s not obligated to keep it secret.   He wants the news out there.

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Rumors that the Texans offered the Honey Badger a multi-year deal at $9.5M a year and he decided to test free agency instead since he believe he is worth more.

 

Going to be interesting to see how this Safety market shakes out and who the Colts end up with .

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