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The Colts also had an injured kicker that bailed them out of one game (against the Broncos), but may have cost them several others.

If Vinatieri were healthy, the Andrew Luckless Colts might have gone 8-8 or 9-7.

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You cannot be serious. What evidence do you have of any of this? Do you think Ballard is an idiot and has to be forced to spend the cap space? Of course he knows the money has to be spent, and he’s said as much multiple times over the last few years if you’d actually bother to listen and think about what he’s said and the plan he’s laid out for you.

Luck4Reich is absolutely correct that this plan is largely going as expected, with the exception of the Luck retirement that was out of the blue and would absolutely cripple almost any organization. Ballard has said several times that we needn’t worry about the cap space because it would be used up as the players he drafted began to develop. Guess what? That’s happening and sure enough that extra cap space now will prove very useful. However, because it will involve simply keeping our own players rather than bringing in new players, I’m sure it won’t seem to you like he’s done anything special since you won’t have to experience the frustration of being unable to pay for a Leonard, Nelson, Kelly, Castonzo, Mack or Moore (and yes, I know he's already signed) when they become eligible for free agency.

Furthermore, just as these younger players are maturing, we will have the needed cap space to supplement this with a some premium free agents. The plan was for Luck to be around for all of this too, which might have made us unstoppable, but now we have that additional curveball that we’ll have to adjust to – again, however, the cap space will help there as well.

Ehh comparing Ballard to Grigson is easy, Grigson makes every GM look better. Should compare Ballard to the best in the league, that’s the platform Irsay has put him on.

Filling the QB hole is a pretty big piece. You can’t really hide it in today’s NFL. They will have to upgrade it somehow.

You have 5th year extensions for first rounders and also the franchise tag. So you can potentially extend contracts beyond those four years. Spacing out the larger second contracts.

Get Teddy Bridgewater and Shelby Harris in free agency. Trade one of our seconds to get high enough in the first to get Kinlaw.

Let Bridgewater compete with Brisket for the starting job.

Our base DL looking like this would be pretty stunning:

DE - Houston
DT - Kinlaw
DT - Harris
DE - Sheard

So re-sign Sheard?

Ah, good point, I forget Sheard was UFA... I think we resign him, but Autry may be in that slot.

We can likely get Sheard for < $7M a year (wrong side of 30 now), he's a veteran presence and get 5 sacks a year. If Harris and Kinlaw are disruptive in the middle he will have more opportunities.

I would not be mad at that.

YES. All that guy does is play hard and play through the bumps and brusies

That just tells me just how close we would have been with Luck under center last year.

Turay isn't any slouch, either.

Yeah, except...... Luck probably wouldn't be ready for the season. And then he would have been banged and bruised and working from behind on his health.

How close we would have been with a HEALTHY Andrew Luck. He wasn't. He wasn't through rehab.

Let it go.

I wouldn't mind him back since he is pretty key to the run defense. Unless they find a guy who can rush and play the run. But when he is not in there the DE's we have were not able top stand up to the run all game long. That would create a chain reaction letting OL into our LB's. Leonard is then not as effective. So yeah, unless they find an upgrade I'm for re-signing him.

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Hey, they beat the Chiefs on their home-field in Kansas City with Jacoby Brissett at QB ........ granted that that was only one game, but I suspect that they were not nearly as bad as they sometimes looked later in the season, particularly against the Saints.

So as disappointing as it was to see the 2019 Colts go from a playoff contender with a 5-2 overall record to a mediocre 7-9 also-ran, I suspect that Chris Ballard's assertion that he was building a team that was not overly-dependent on one player (such as Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck) was not just lip service ........ for a fairly recent reference, the 2011 Peyton Manningless Colts were considerably worse than were the 2019 Andrew Luckless Colts.


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Moron, the post was not about Luck so much as it was to say that our roster is close to where we all want it to be. Add in a QB that is not Brissett, and we make a deep run last season. That is the point.

Let it go (fuck) yourself

Put me on the HELL NO to Bridgewater train.

Rappaport says Colts are Rivers most likely landing spot, get ready freaks i think it’s gonna happen

Sorry my psychic abilities could not decipher what you meant, only what you typed.

So now it your turn, concentrate and see if you can guess what I’m thinking now.

I may be in a huge minority here but I’m good with this. Spend the picks on building the rest of the team. Rivers may get us deep into the playoffs which would be fun. Or he may fail miserably and give us another high draft pick next yr

Will he be Kerry Collins or a Matt Hasselbeck? Or a Peyton to Denver guy?

Build the defense

I get what you are saying but i just dont think he has much left (and i am not a rivers hater like most here).


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I freakin hate Rivers. But that was with the chargers . I'll hate him less if hes with the Colts. Still wont buy his jersey kinda hate

Hey Mrs. Puck, Puck needs a Rivers 17 jersey for Christmas :cool:

I keep forgetting that reading comprehension is not your strong suit. My bad.

I agree. He's done. Maybe two years ago, we would have gotten a good version of the guy. Not now.

Fuck Rivers, that would be dumb as hell. He isn't worth a shit anymore. Desperation move if it happens.

Rappaport said this:

"It seems right now the most logical spot would be the Indianapolis Colts, who havent ruled out anything, may be in the quarterback market. They grabbed Jacoby Brissett [whom] they have to make some decisions on, and they may still draft a quarterback. Right not that seems like the most logical spot for Rivers."

I just don't see us doing it.

I think its just that we dont have a solid QB and the link to reich/sirianni. I dont see us signing rivers either.


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Sure are enough places reporting Rivers likely going to the Colts from CBS sports to Sports Illustrated.

I never liked the guy and hate the Chargers but if we did and won a SB that would be ok.

Per Rapoport - KC will franchise tag Chris Jones. Obviously KC can still tag and trade. But right now, KC is saying that they want him back.


https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1233065472989564929

I'm starting to believe it might happen. The Colts would then take Love at 13 and have Rivers to mentor him for a year or 2 as opposed to just drafting him and throwing him out there. Reich and Rivers would probably be really good for the kid, and it sounds like a good way to approach things...but I've always hated Rivers and, man... I'd have to get over that in a hurry. Don't know if I have it in me. JMV is starting to believe it, too for whatever that's worth.

KC is smart. No way they should let him go.

Anyone else listen to JMV this afternoon???? He claims he got a phone call from a "colts insider" who regularly sources him credible info. This source is saying 0% chance that Colts go after Rivers. He also says that they are targeting a high profile free agent to throw big money on. Who knows what's true.....take it for what it's worth.

$100 says Clowney

Keeps us from resigning Sheard as well.

Rivers doesn't seem their style. Although I heard he is a good guy off the field and in the locker room, big Christian. Just a smack talker on the field.

There were some Clowney rumors a month ago.

Looks like Chris Jones will get the franchise tag, although the Chefs will have to cut people to do that and sign their picks, and sign Mahomes.

I wonder if they really are talking a big FA, or they consider a middle tier big to them. Who else is out there? Cooper? Barrett? Ngakoue?... Tom Brady? :D

Rather it be Ngakoue.

Whatever they do, I'd hate for them to double dip like that. Spend good money on a vet AND their first pick?! There are way too many other positions where a difference maker is needed instead of doubling up on QB's.

Chiefs were paying Alex Smith 17 mil a year 45 million guarentee... then took Mahomes... worked out for them.

Mahomes didn't start right away.

If a Vet only signed for 2 years and we drafted a QB to grow behind them what's so bad about it?

The vet is off the books after 2 years..... keep in mind that Ballard has left 45+ million in cap every year hes been here so why not?

Zero percent is pretty strong, and other than Clowney what high profile free agent is there?

Nope not even close to what I was thinking. Check your own comprehension