Colts activate QB Sam Ehlinger from IR, waive QB Jacob Eason

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

https://twitter.com/zkeefer/status/1450552403648974860

. . . .Colts activate QB Sam Ehlinger from IR . . . . and to make room, waive QB Jacob Eason.

https://twitter.com/zkeefer/status/1450553049194409990

Frankly, this move was coming for weeks. When the Colts decided Brett Hundley was ahead of Eason on the depth chart, that told you all you needed to know.

https://twitter.com/zkeefer/status/1450556522883436548

Colts definitely have interest in bringing QB Jacob Eason back to the practice squad, per source.

[Oldcolt]

Wasted pick by Ballard. Ballard loves those physical tools. Hope Ehlinger has a direct dial to Drew Brees and can improve his arm like Drew did.

[JAFF]

Wasted pick by Ballard. Ballard loves those physical tools. Hope Ehlinger has a direct dial to Drew Brees and can improve his arm like Drew did.

Hindsight, always 20/20

[Hoopsdoc]

If I’m Eason and I have a single other offer, I’m taking it rather than going to the practice squad.

Reich more or less threw him under the bus after the Rams game.

[Hoopsdoc]

Wasted pick by Ballard. Ballard loves those physical tools. Hope Ehlinger has a direct dial to Drew Brees and can improve his arm like Drew did.

To be clear, I don’t believe either Ehlinger or Eason will ever be decent quarterbacks.

But I like Ehlingers chances more than Easons.

[CletusPyle]

:eek:

[Oldcolt]

Hindsight, always 20/20

You know another way of judging how a GM drafts? Foresight?

[JAFF]

You know another way of judging how a GM drafts? Foresight?

Winning games. What is the % of the total number of draft picks make it in the NFL for three years?

Paris Cambell is probably out for the year (a first roud pick), and that is something to hang on the GM. A 4th rounder? Eason has a cannon arm, hard to find and he was gamble from start.

Eaason is not the reason this team wont make the playoffs

[Oldcolt]

WTF us up your ass? All I said was that it was a wasted pick. Maybe you disagree and think that a fourth round pick that plays in one game and shits his pants then gets canned is a good use of a fourth round pick. I don't and I don't mean a fucking thing more than that. You really are Ballards bitch if this bothers you. I would venture that Ballard would agree with me. I said nothing about this as a judgement on him as a GM. You took that all on your lonesome so you are arguing with no one. I happen to think Ballard is one of the best GMs in the business. This was a wasted pick.

[Voosh]

I feel like I was in the minority but I thought Ehlinger looked better in preseason. As for a wasted pick, in hindsight Eason definitely was. I understand taking a flyer on a midround QB. Too bad it didn't work out.

[nate505]

Winning games. What is the % of the total number of draft picks make it in the NFL for three years?

Paris Cambell is probably out for the year (a first roud pick), and that is something to hang on the GM. A 4th rounder? Eason has a cannon arm, hard to find and he was gamble from start.

Eaason is not the reason this team wont make the playoffs
I find it hard to blame Campbell on Ballard. He's been snake bitten in the NFL, but it's not like he's looked horrible the few times he's got to play, or that he was this real injury prone got in college that one had to worry about.

[Hoopsdoc]

Winning games. What is the % of the total number of draft picks make it in the NFL for three years?

Paris Cambell is probably out for the year (a first roud pick), and that is something to hang on the GM. A 4th rounder? Eason has a cannon arm, hard to find and he was gamble from start.

Eaason is not the reason this team wont make the playoffs

Campbell was a 2nd round pick.

[MeSayDayo]

In the context of where our team was at the time we drafted Eason, I completely agree with the pick and it was actually a low risk, high reward type of pick. Lots of people liked Eason in the 2nd or even 3rd round, so at the time it was perceived as value for a mid round pick when we only had a 39 year old Rivers as our QB. I liked the pick then and I would do it again if I were Ballard.
I liked the pick, but in hindsight I don't like the player. Was there any QB's taken around Eason or after that has really panned out for a team anyway? It was a swing we had to take and likely one we will take again in the mid rounds in the upcoming draft. Need to keep our cupboards stocked, especially with Wentz' inability to stay healthy on the reg. I wouldn't be surprised if Ballard is actively looking for a veteran backup right now.

As for Paris Campbell? Yes, definitely a wasted pick. At the time, also a luxury pick when we had way bigger holes to fill. I wont criticize Ballard for picking Campbell, as there was no data indicating that he would be an injury risk at all. I will criticize him for picking a WR there though...when we should have went OT, EDGE, or CB in hindsight.

So it both cases, the player ended up not working out. In one of them, Ballard was justified in taking the swing at the QB position. In the other, he wasted a premium pick on a luxury position. Which one hurt us more? I would have to say Campbell, especially given the fact that he could have been Metcalf.

Just my two cents

[Chromeburn]

Campbell was a 2nd round pick.

Mid to late 2nd round. Notably, and painfully, before DK Metcalf. And it wasn’t a luxury pick, we’ve needed better WR’s for years. We just spent picks on other positions because they were bigger needs. You need more than one good receiver.

[Drewtone]

Mid to late 2nd round. Notably, and painfully, before DK Metcalf. And it wasn’t a luxury pick, we’ve needed better WR’s for years. We just spent picks on other positions because they were bigger needs. You need more than one good receiver.

Have we ever had an OSU player actually work out for us? Mike Doss, maybe?

[Chromeburn]

Have we ever had an OSU player actually work out for us? Mike Doss, maybe?

It’s a pretty bad list. Almost makes you think there is a curse if you believed in that sort of thing.

[Drewtone]

It’s a pretty bad list. Almost makes you think there is a curse if you believed in that sort of thing.

My favorite, and his name escapes me, was that D-lineman who abruptly retired so he could concentrate on video gaming.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

My favorite, and his name escapes me, was that D-lineman who abruptly retired so he could concentrate on video gaming.


Quinn Pitcock

[CletusPyle]

If Ballard was as much of a smartass as Grigson, he would be getting brutally trashed by the media about right now!

[Chromeburn]

Quinn Pitcock

Quitcock. He was addicted to gaming, the dopamine levels released. Everyone makes fun of it but it’s actual increasing problem. I read a where is he now article about him a few months ago.

[Chromeburn]

If Ballard was as much of a smartass as Grigson, he would be getting brutally trashed by the media about right now!

They are. Mainly of the misses of his drafts especially passrush and his stubbornness in refusing to sign a free agent to help. How it’s holding back the teams. What I’ve been saying for over a year now.

[JAFF]

WTF us up your ass? All I said was that it was a wasted pick. Maybe you disagree and think that a fourth round pick that plays in one game and shits his pants then gets canned is a good use of a fourth round pick. I don't and I don't mean a fucking thing more than that. You really are Ballards bitch if this bothers you. I would venture that Ballard would agree with me. I said nothing about this as a judgement on him as a GM. You took that all on your lonesome so you are arguing with no one. I happen to think Ballard is one of the best GMs in the business. This was a wasted pick.

Got your message late

Use this https://www.pro-football-reference.com/

Go back 25 years and look at the past draft picks. All the stats and analysis still come down to a judgement by a person. Easy to use hindsight, but from where we sit we do not have all of the info that a modern NFL franchise has at its fingertips.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Eason is headed back to Washington state. The Seahawks claimed him off the waiver wire.

https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1450923298783694860

Seahawks claimed QB Jacob Eason off waivers from the Colts

https://twitter.com/KBowen1070/status/1450923729169571842

Per Mike Garafolo, QB Jacob Eason has been claimed by the Seahawks.

Eason finds a 53-man roster home (on a team dealing with an injured QB) with his hometown team.

[Brylok]

He's off to Seattle. That didn't take long. Good luck to him.

[njcoltfan]

He's off to Seattle. That didn't take long. Good luck to him.

I agree, good luck to him .

[Puck]

I was an Eason fan before/when they drafted him But if he cant develop under Reich there is an issue.


IMO he wont last in Seattle either. Lots of talent no brain....

And fr all of you that were calling for Eason in the pre season..... Just sayin. As fans we know little about reality on the Colts and the NFL

[JAFF]

Stop making sense

[rm1369]

I was an Eason fan before/when they drafted him But if he cant develop under Reich there is an issue.


IMO he wont last in Seattle either. Lots of talent no brain....

And fr all of you that were calling for Eason in the pre season..... Just sayin. As fans we know little about reality on the Colts and the NFL

Whether or not Eason lasts in Seattle is IMO irrelevant. You point out the Colts are closer and know more than the fans. Fair point. However, it was the team who had him as the primary backup all the way up until he actually needed to see the field. It was the team that put a guy they obviously don’t trust in a position to lead a potentially game winning drive. It was the team who didn’t pursue a vet while telling us how comfortable they were with Eason being the starting QB week 1. While having a injury prone QB and many in the media calling for a veteran backup. Any fans calling for Eason were likely influenced by the team’s incompetence or out right lies about the situation. Not sure why you’d be calling out the fans and not the team.

Personally I don’t see how anyone can look at what the team has done at the backup position and defend them, let alone call out the fans.

[Puck]

Whether or not Eason lasts in Seattle is IMO irrelevant. You point out the Colts are closer and know more than the fans. Fair point. However, it was the team who had him as the primary backup all the way up until he actually needed to see the field. It was the team that put a guy they obviously don’t trust in a position to lead a potentially game winning drive. It was the team who didn’t pursue a vet while telling us how comfortable they were with Eason being the starting QB week 1. While having a injury prone QB and many in the media calling for a veteran backup. Any fans calling for Eason were likely influenced by the team’s incompetence or out right lies about the situation. Not sure why you’d be calling out the fans and not the team.

Personally I don’t see how anyone can look at what the team has done at the backup position and defend them, let alone call out the fans.


Well I am gussing it took them some time to figure out he was just stupid. But they gave him a chance due to his abilities.

I think we all have hope for stupid people and hope for the best Take Omaha for instance. I have hope even though deep down inside I know he's always gonna be stupid

[Oldcolt]

He may not be stupid, just unable to visually process quickly. Doesn't take smarts to be a great QB, Unitas wasn't exactly a genius.

[TheMugwump]

he may not be stupid, just unable to visually process quickly. Doesn't take smarts to be a great qb, unitas wasn't exactly a genius.

sacrilege! Burn him!!!