The problem if Taylor is traded.

[jasperhobbs]

The backs on the roster are not really starters and not one of them is home run threat. Colts will have to become a pass first offense and Richardson is not ready for that. Could be a long and painful year.

[Chromeburn]

It would just be RB by committee and most teams don't have a homerun threat at RB who is also a workhorse.

[Brylok]

The backs on the roster are not really starters and not one of them is home run threat. Colts will have to become a pass first offense and Richardson is not ready for that. Could be a long and painful year.

They're only going to win around 4 games anyway. Draft a RB next year.

[Oldcolt]

They're only going to win around 4 games anyway. Draft a RB next year.

They are going to win more than 4 games. I agree we are probably not going to be great (but who the hell knows right now) but with AR we will score points. Our backs will be fine, we will have a run game. You do not need a home run threat from your running back. If you get 5 yards a shot or so defenses cannot ignore you. I like the idea of drafting running back next year. I like the idea of an extra first even better. We need the help

[jasperhobbs]

They are going to win more than 4 games. I agree we are probably not going to be great (but who the hell knows right now) but with AR we will score points. Our backs will be fine, we will have a run game. You do not need a home run threat from your running back. If you get 5 yards a shot or so defenses cannot ignore you. I like the idea of drafting running back next year. I like the idea of an extra first even better. We need the help

I think teams should draft a running back every year. Not early but maybe round 4 or 5. You never when you will find a gem and he will be on a cheap contract.

[jasperhobbs]

They are going to win more than 4 games. I agree we are probably not going to be great (but who the hell knows right now) but with AR we will score points. Our backs will be fine, we will have a run game. You do not need a home run threat from your running back. If you get 5 yards a shot or so defenses cannot ignore you. I like the idea of drafting running back next year. I like the idea of an extra first even better. We need the help

I don't think the colts will get a first round pick for JT.

[Oldcolt]

I don't think the colts will get a first round pick for JT.

Neither do I. I think he plays for us next year. I wouldn’t trade him just to get him off the team like a few of you would. He is an asset and should be treated as one. Either we get what we want or he stays. Tough shit if he doesn’t like it, he A) shouldn’t have signed the contract or B) should go find another job he is qualified for that will pay him 4+ million a year.

[ChaosTheory]

The only way we get a 1st for JT is if we franchise him next year and then let him sign any with any team he wants.

Then, another team wouldn't have to cough up the 1st, the league would. We won't get a 1st from another team.

[jasperhobbs]

The only way we get a 1st for JT is if we franchise him next year and then let him sign any with any team he wants.

Then, another team wouldn't have to cough up the 1st, the league would. We won't get a 1st from another team.

I don't think that is right. Sometimes a match of contract is involved and if a team doesn't match it, they receive at least a first round pick. There are exclusive and non exclusive tags

[JAFF]

All that sounds good, are we taking it for granted that his ankle will heal completely?

[ChaosTheory]

I don't think that is right. Sometimes a match of contract is involved and if a team doesn't match it, they receive at least a first round pick. There are exclusive and non exclusive tags

Sure, it's almost always under the non-exclusive, which would give us the right of first refusal on any contract JT is offered. If we decide not to match, apparently on paper, we're supposed to get two first-rounders.

Where I'm all mixed up is where how a lot of these articles word it....

Teams that use the non-exclusive franchise tag hold the right of first refusal. If a designated player signs an offer sheet with another team, the player's previous team has five days to match the offer sheet. Should it decide not to, the player's original team shall be entitled to draft-choice compensation equivalent to two first-round picks.

That makes me think of compensatory picks, which come from the league, as I understand it. But with franchise tagged players, the new team would give the former team the picks, not the league. So I'm wrong there...

Ok, but that said... I just did a quick search of some previous franchise tag-and-trade players, and none of them get two first-rounders. I guess that means it only applies to players you don't actually want to let sign with another team.

[Butter]

All that sounds good, are we taking it for granted that his ankle will heal completely?

I am not and I am pretty sure Ballard isn't, sucks for JT, but that is how it is. He still has a better deal than 99% of us.