Colts sign AQM to a one year deal

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

This is very good. Nice depth piece for the dline.

 

 

[GoColts8818]

Welcome back.

[IinD]

Always appreciated his high effort. 

Welcome back.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

Hopefully before season starts  we can add to the depth of the Oline and CB room.

[2006Coltsbestever]

18 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

Hopefully before season starts  we can add to the depth of the Oline and CB room.

You getting geared up for camp. It is about to get busy in here non-stop until January. 

[BProland85]

Need a good rotation of pass rush since the secondary is so young. Must get some good pass rush for this defense to be effective. 

[Scott Pennock]

Solid veteran’s depth piece to fill Lewis’ spot when he ultimately gets hurt or doesn’t make it out of TC…..

 

He hustled his tail off and provided good run support as well as I recall.

 

 

[Peter Nova]

Wasn't he a decent edge setter?

[John Hammonds]

Welcome back, AQM!  So glad to see you again.

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

1 hour ago, Peter Nova said:

Wasn't he a decent edge setter?

Yes. He is very good on the run and will give you a sack once in awhile. He had a motor that never quits. 

[sb41champs]

Welcome back Mr Muhammad!!

[Scott Pennock]

So now the defensive line is pretty crowded...............16 fellas for probably 9-10 spots...........

 

Paye

Samson

Dayo

Lewis

AQM

Tomi (Rookie)

Genard Avery

Khalid Kareem

Titus Leo (Rookie)

 

Buck

Grover

Johnson

McTelvin Agim

Taven Bryan

Caleb Sampson (Rookie)

Jamal Woods (Rookie)

 

[csmopar]

1 hour ago, Scott Pennock said:

So now the defensive line is pretty crowded...............16 fellas for probably 9-10 spots...........

 

Paye

Samson

Dayo

Lewis

AQM

Tomi (Rookie)

Genard Avery

Khalid Kareem

Titus Leo (Rookie)

 

Buck

Grover

Johnson

McTelvin Agim

Taven Bryan

Caleb Sampson (Rookie)

Jamal Woods (Rookie)

 

Cream will rise

[Peter Nova]

1 hour ago, csmopar said:

Cream will rise

[Scott Pennock]

6 hours ago, csmopar said:

Cream will rise

I count probably 7 locks - leaves 2-3 spots with 9 guys fighting it out. I like Gus Bradley’s shot at having two waves of pass rushers 

[holeymoley99]

Always liked Aqm we are very deep though at De will be interesting.

[stitches]

Interesting... 

[CR91]

I'm not against bringing back AQM, but why add to an already crowded dline group when the oline is lacking in depth.

[Smonroe]

36 minutes ago, CR91 said:

I'm not against bringing back AQM, but why add to an already crowded dline group when the oline is lacking in depth.

Hopefully the new Oline coach is a better judge of talent than the old one, and he can see if there’s a glaring need.  
 

After last seasons fiasco, there should be no second chances in going with no competition.

 

 

[CR91]

23 minutes ago, Smonroe said:

Hopefully the new Oline coach is a better judge of talent than the old one, and he can see if there’s a glaring need.  
 

After last seasons fiasco, there should be no second chances in going with no competition.

 

 

 

I'm just concerned we're just going with Will Fries at RG and Raimann at LT and praying it works. 

[hoosierhawk]

Always liked him and was sorry to see him leave. Welcome back. Good depth.

[throwing BBZ]

 

  I hope we are deep enough at final cuts to make him a FA. lol

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

2 hours ago, CR91 said:

 

I'm just concerned we're just going with Will Fries at RG and Raimann at LT and praying it works. 

I am not even that concerned with the starting 5. The depth though is horrendous.

[csmopar]

3 hours ago, CR91 said:

 

I'm just concerned we're just going with Will Fries at RG and Raimann at LT and praying it works. 

Well that’s all we have so probably will

[CR91]

4 hours ago, csmopar said:

Well that’s all we have so probably will

 

Which is my point. And if something happens to Raimann or Smith, all we have as a backup plan is a 4th round rookie

[AwesomeAustin]

1 hour ago, CR91 said:

 

Which is my point. And if something happens to Raimann or Smith, all we have as a backup plan is a 4th round rookie

I’m not familiar with available free agents. Who do you think would be a good player to target?

[Hammer]

Good.

[csmopar]

8 hours ago, CR91 said:

 

Which is my point. And if something happens to Raimann or Smith, all we have as a backup plan is a 4th round rookie

I’m sure we’ll add depth at xut down.  Allayed is always churning. Gotta remember too that were number 3 in waiver wire claims 

[Indianapolis-Colts-Fan]

Love it. Always liked the guy. 

[Yoshinator]

2 hours ago, csmopar said:

I’m sure we’ll add depth at xut down.  Allayed is always churning. Gotta remember too that were number 3 in waiver wire claims 

no4 but I get your point. We should be able to claim some good players (hopefully at CB).

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

3 hours ago, csmopar said:

I’m sure we’ll add depth at xut down.  Allayed is always churning. Gotta remember too that were number 3 in waiver wire claims 

That’s a good point about the waiver wire.

[CR91]

3 hours ago, csmopar said:

I’m sure we’ll add depth at xut down.  Allayed is always churning. Gotta remember too that were number 3 in waiver wire claims 

 

Which is fine, but why put ourselves in this position instead of addressing the need? 

[jvan1973]

31 minutes ago, CR91 said:

 

Which is fine, but why put ourselves in this position instead of addressing the need? 

They haven't addressed a need yet.   

[CR91]

30 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:

They haven't addressed a need yet.   

 

You mean at all? I guess in terms of proved talent, but they didn't ignore QB, CB, and WR like they did G. 

[jvan1973]

15 hours ago, CR91 said:

 

You mean at all? I guess in terms of proved talent, but they didn't ignore QB, CB, and WR like they did G. 

Should have put a comma between need and yet.   Meaning just because they haven't,  doesn't mean they won't

[CR91]

3 hours ago, jvan1973 said:

Should have put a comma between need and yet.   Meaning just because they haven't,  doesn't mean they won't

 

I can only go by what they've currently done. Can they add talent? Sure, but oline was a troubling issue last season and yet we didn't address it.

[GoColts8818]

19 minutes ago, CR91 said:

 

I can only go by what they've currently done. Can they add talent? Sure, but oline was a troubling issue last season and yet we didn't address it.

they, along with a lot posters here, felt the issue was mostly coaching so they did address it by making a coaching change at the oline position.  It might now be how you wanted it addressed but that doesn’t mean they didn’t address it.  It also doesn’t mean they are guaranteed to be right either.

 

As for why sign AQM and not an olineman:  AQM was available, cheap, and had already had past success with this GM.  What olineman available fits those three criteria right now?  You can’t just snap your fingers and make players appear because you feel you have a need there.

[CR91]

7 minutes ago, GoColts8818 said:

they, along with a lot posters here, felt the issue was mostly coaching so they did address it by making a coaching change at the oline position.  It might now be how you wanted it addressed but that doesn’t mean they didn’t address it.  It also doesn’t mean they are guaranteed to be right either.

 

As for why sign AQM and not an olineman:  AQM was available, cheap, and had already had past success with this GM.  What olineman available fits those three criteria right now?  You can’t just snap your fingers and make players appear because you feel you have a need there.

 

I'm not just talking now. All throughout FA, what move or moves were made to just add depth? You can blame coaching all you want, but again we're putting all our eggs into one basket.

[csmopar]

On 7/23/2023 at 1:23 PM, CR91 said:

 

Which is fine, but why put ourselves in this position instead of addressing the need? 

If there’s one area I trust Ballard to find someone serviceable, it’s the trenches. 

On 7/23/2023 at 1:54 PM, jvan1973 said:

5 hours ago, CR91 said:

 

I'm not just talking now. All throughout FA, what move or moves were made to just add depth? You can blame coaching all you want, but again we're putting all our eggs into one basket.

 

[CR91]

1 hour ago, csmopar said:

If there’s one area I trust Ballard to find someone serviceable, it’s the trenches. 

 

 

Last two years doesn't give me confidence.