Foles Cut

[Lov2fish]

Foles cut today. Leaves Anthony, Gardner and Sam. We roll with 3 or is Sam doomed?

[Chromeburn]

Probably depends on how Sam does in camp. He is a useful scout team QB. Especially with Levis going to Tenn.

[Oldcolt]

Makes very little sense to keep him on active squad

[Spike]

Foles cut today. Leaves Anthony, Gardner and Sam. We roll with 3 or is Sam doomed?

Makes sense. I wouldn't want to see Foles out there anyway.

Glad we rid ourselves of Wentz, Ryan and Foles. All three of them just depressed the hell out of me.

[YDFL Commish]

It was the only logical move.

[CletusPyle]

I wonder who told Ballard Foles could still play? Maybe the same numbnuts that told him Wentz and Ryan could still play?:D

[ChoppedWood]

I wonder who told Ballard Foles could still play? Maybe the same numbnuts that told him Wentz and Ryan could still play?:D

Whispery nonsense

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

The move frees up an additional $2M+ in cap space and imposes a $1.5M dead cap charge.


https://twitter.com/RomeovilleKid/status/1654570135414267906

Colts say they’ve cut Nick Foles.

He was scheduled to make $3.6 million in 2023.

He receives $1.5 million in guaranteed money, which is the dead cap hit against Indy.

The move creates $2.1 million in cap space.

[IndyNorm]

Between releasing Foles and restructuring DeFo we created ~$4.5M of additional cap space.

I'm still curious about DeFo's restructure. Seems like Ballard thought he'd need the $2.5M this year. Without his restructure we'd be ~$21M under the cap, so don't think it's needed for the rookie class.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Between releasing Foles and restructuring DeFo we created ~$4.5M of additional cap space.

I'm still curious about DeFo's restructure. Seems like Ballard thought he'd need the $2.5M this year. Without his restructure we'd be ~$21M under the cap, so don't think it's needed for the rookie class.


The rookie class will roll up to approx. $16.2M total.

Ballard may have wanted some extra money available for possible contract extensions - Pittman Jr would probably be the biggest target from the 2020 draft class for an extension.

[YDFL Commish]

The rookie class will roll up to approx. $16.2M total.

Ballard may have wanted some extra money available for possible contract extensions - Pittman Jr would probably be the biggest target from the 2020 draft class for an extension.

Wouldn't JT be a higher priority?

[Dam8610]

Wouldn't JT be a higher priority?

Not really. Positional value and aging curves dictate Pittman would be the top priority. I would double franchise Taylor before giving him a second contract.

[IndyNorm]

The rookie class will roll up to approx. $16.2M total.

Ballard may have wanted some extra money available for possible contract extensions - Pittman Jr would probably be the biggest target from the 2020 draft class for an extension.

Thanks. That's a big chunk for the rookie pool, but I'm guessing other than Richardson, Brents, and possibly Downs the rookies will be at worst net neutral and probably a cap reduction from our current top 53.

[Butter]

Not really. Positional value and aging curves dictate Pittman would be the top priority. I would double franchise Taylor before giving him a second contract.


Agreed, he is great and I love him, but fuck giving him a big long-term contract, too much risk vs reward. Hell if AR looks good just move on after the first.