Colts sign Brett Hundley (QB)

[Colt.45]

https://www.colts.com/news/brett-hundley-quarterback-roster-moves-joey-ivie-training-camp-grand-park

 

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Hundley, 6-3, 226 pounds, has played in 18 career games (nine starts) in his time with the Arizona Cardinals (2019-20), Seattle Seahawks (2018) and Green Bay Packers (2015-17) and has completed 199-of-337 passes for 1,902 yards with nine touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He has compiled 46 carries for 309 yards and two touchdowns. Hundley has also appeared in one postseason contest. He was originally selected by the Packers in the fifth round (147th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft.

 

[Smonroe]

Super Bowl!

[Colt.45]

Just now, Smonroe said:

Super Bowl!

The missing piece!

[JediXMan]

Good that means they trust Eason enough until Wentz heals up.

[Smonroe]

I keep reading about the guys they signed in the last couple weeks, but I must be missing who they’re letting go.  
 

I guess guys on the COVID reserve list don’t count against the roster.  

[LJpalmbeacher2]

I wonder when I'll be able to buy his "colt jersey". 

[coming on strong]

hundley is curtis painter 2.0  i watched him play in green bay when rodgers went down .  it was like watching paint dry couldnt move the ball at all .

[LJpalmbeacher2]

https://www.revengeofthebirds.com/2019/7/1/20677359/7-reasons-to-like-qb-brett-hundley-arizona-cardinals-kliff-kingsbury-tom-clements

[csmopar]

13 minutes ago, coming on strong said:

hundley is curtis painter 2.0  i watched him play in green bay when rodgers went down .  it was like watching paint dry couldnt move the ball at all .

Good. Let’s get that 1 back and have it be the number 1 pick. 

[aReggie7]

I think signing Hundley is nothing more than a QB for camp to make sure Eason and Ehlinger don't get too comfortable. 

 

If Wentz is going to miss regular season games i'll be surprised if the Colts don't trade for Foles.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

This is actually good news. This is just a camp body. Means they are comfy with eason if Wentz can’t go week one.

[fatboy]

Suggests to me that the Wentz issue is not long term/season ender or they’d be looking at a more proven QB.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

He already cleared covid protocols and is at practice. Maybe this was a signing they were going to make either way.

 

 

[Yoshinator]

Good stuff here. He's probably better than Morton honestly. Let them all throw today and see what they got. As of now, Hundley could be the best guy besides Wentz, and he's free. Good camp signing. Maybe he surprises.

[Nate!]

I don’t get the obsession for trading for another QB if Wentz misses games.  Best to just take the lumps and if a dumpster fire season bag the good first rounder.  Already down a pick, why give up more.  Unlikely Foles or any other available QB would get the Colts anywhere special.

[The Fish]

Preseason games are going to be more boring than usual to watch, beyond checking in on a few players.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

2 minutes ago, The Fish said:

Preseason games are going to be more boring than usual to watch, beyond checking in on a few players.

I am actually excited to see Eason and some of them play.

[NannyMcafee]

With this line, if it manages to do well and run well, Easons weaknesses could be masked quite a bit. Good for his development. I have no qualms with Eason as day one starter this season. 

[DougDew]

Good signing.  Provides a veteran safety net if Eason and Ehlinger struggle but probably not talented enough to put a young Eason on the bench.  

[throwing BBZ]

36 minutes ago, Wentzszn said:

I am actually excited to see Eason and some of them play.

 

  We have a dozen very young players to get excited about.
 Absolutely Eason, Ehlinger sounds scrappy, Hundley seems like a right kind of guy for the situation.
Wentz out, Kelly out, just means more practice for guys Ballard has plans for. There is a plus to getting as many guys ready for next man up.
 

[throwing BBZ]

24 minutes ago, NannyMcafee said:

With this line, if it manages to do well and run well, Easons weaknesses could be masked quite a bit. Good for his development. I have no qualms with Eason as day one starter this season. 

 

 i suspect he would do about as well or better than Manning did in year one.

[EastStreet]

Meh. 

 

I actually though he might turn out to be a decent when he was in college, but his passing just never evolved. Had a pretty good run at UCLA. His starts at GB were pretty ugly most times though.

 

Might be a better or equal prospect when compared to SE, but I still like JE to land the job if CW is out for games.

[Boondoggle]

I'm taking this signing to mean they think they get Wentz back at some point and just need a camp arm.  Good sign IMO and have my fingers crossed here.

 

Re: Ehlinger have always liked his compete.  He might have a nice career ahead as a backup QB at this level.  

[John Waylon]

One on hand (and I said this yesterday) Morton was… well he was not good. Definitely not ready to be a backup, nowhere near ready to play against starters. So maybe they’re just getting ready to replace him. 
 

On the other hand, I don’t like the idea of potentially being a a position where we need to upgrade our third string QB because we might actually need him…

 

[krunk]

I sort of think they should have brought Chad Kelly back. At least he already has a grasp on the offense. I mean if your true intention is to just bring in a body to compete with Eason. Hundley is probably only a couple notches better if that.

[Colt.45]

2 minutes ago, krunk said:

I sort of think they should have brought Chad Kelly back. At least he already has a grasp on the offense. I mean if your true intention is to just bring in a body to compete with Eason. Hundley is probably only a couple notches better if that.

Lets not start that again.

[EastStreet]

7 minutes ago, krunk said:

I sort of think they should have brought Chad Kelly back. At least he already has a grasp on the offense. I mean if your true intention is to just bring in a body to compete with Eason. Hundley is probably only a couple notches better if that.

I'd prefer CK to BH.... 

 

 

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

He did a media presser. Just as I suspected we were planning on signing him before the Wentz injury.

[GoColts8818]

38 minutes ago, krunk said:

I sort of think they should have brought Chad Kelly back. At least he already has a grasp on the offense. I mean if your true intention is to just bring in a body to compete with Eason. Hundley is probably only a couple notches better if that.

If Chad Kelly was half as good as some think he is (not saying you are one of those people) he would be on a NFL roster.  The reality is he’s just not good enough for the NFL.

[EastStreet]

12 minutes ago, Wentzszn said:

He did a media presser. Just as I suspected we were planning on signing him before the Wentz injury.

Yup, I figured it was already in the works. It's just not that easy to sign a guy that fast. 

You always need 3-5 QBs at camp so I didn't look at his signing as any sort of "answer" to anything beyond an arm to throw. 

I think BH is a guy in the mold of SE to an extent, and battle it out for #3.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

2 minutes ago, EastStreet said:

Yup, I figured it was already in the works. It's just not that easy to sign a guy that fast. 

You always need 3-5 QBs at camp so I didn't look at his signing as any sort of "answer" to anything beyond an arm to throw. 

I think BH is a guy in the mold of SE to an extent, and battle it out for #3.

They could of signed him that fast but  with the covid protocols he couldn’t of past protocols that fast to be on the field.

[EastStreet]

2 minutes ago, Wentzszn said:

They could of signed him that fast but  with the covid protocols he couldn’t of past protocols that fast to be on the field.

IIRC, all signings require physicals, so it takes some time. Not saying they can't do remote-physical quickly, but add that on to agents and legal, and it takes more than a day.

[Zoltan]

3 hours ago, Wentzszn said:

He already cleared covid protocols and is at practice. Maybe this was a signing they were going to make either way.

 

 

 

It was, Hundley said it was scheduled before Wentz got hurt per interview on colts podcast

[Blueblood23]

5 hours ago, coming on strong said:

hundley is curtis painter 2.0  i watched him play in green bay when rodgers went down .  it was like watching paint dry couldnt move the ball at all .

That comment is certainly a disrespect to Curtis Painter.

[cdgacoltsfan]

Tolzein part 2...the sequel

[Stephen]

5 hours ago, Jared Cisneros said:

Good stuff here. He's probably better than Morton honestly. Let them all throw today and see what they got. As of now, Hundley could be the best guy besides Wentz, and he's free. Good camp signing. Maybe he surprises.

Hope not if he is we in trouble. He is like Scott tolzien

[presto123]

Kaepernick is better than ALL these backups and everybody knows it. What a shame he got blackballed by the league for doing the right thing and standing up for injustice. Is it an understanding among owners/coaches now that he is off limits? His career got politicized for his American right to protest. NFL even admitted they were wrong, but nobody will touch him. Sad.

[presto123]

Anybody posting laughing emojis just proves my point. He has been politicized. This is Indiana after all.  smdh

[EastStreet]

2 hours ago, presto123 said:

Kaepernick is better than ALL these backups and everybody knows it. What a shame he got blackballed by the league for doing the right thing and standing up for injustice. Is it an understanding among owners/coaches now that he is off limits? His career got politicized for his American right to protest. NFL even admitted they were wrong, but nobody will touch him. Sad.

IDK man. I really don't care about the politics. I just never thought he was that good. His last two years, he had sub 50 QBRs, which is just plain bad. And career wise, he's even below a 60% completion rate. He had a couple decent years but never great. And he didn't seem to interested in trying out for a few teams. Turned into a circus. 

[GoColts8818]

3 hours ago, presto123 said:

Kaepernick is better than ALL these backups and everybody knows it. What a shame he got blackballed by the league for doing the right thing and standing up for injustice. Is it an understanding among owners/coaches now that he is off limits? His career got politicized for his American right to protest. NFL even admitted they were wrong, but nobody will touch him. Sad.

I’d say at one point he was and who knows maybe he still is but he’s been out of football for so long I am not sure he’s who I would want to trust my team to when the QB position is so shaky at the moment regardless of my thoughts on the political part of it (for the record I had no issue with what Kap did).