Originally Posted by ChaosTheory (Post 344063)

If we trade him, it will not just be because he's injury prone. If nothing else, this team gives the full leash to players regarding injuries.

It will be because he's completed barely 50% of his passes. Even if Steichen schemes up Pittman wide open on a 7 yard out, we have to hold our breath because the ball is going to land anywhere from 3ft short to 10ft above Pitt's head.

It will be because he stayed up all night playing video games and eating Skittles instead of hammering the playbook. And then he taps out on a 3rd down and his teammates bench him every bit as much as the coaches did.

Then we can get to the injuries, which are a big deal. Part of his selling point is his athleticism, but how comfortable can you be calling plays with that in the back of your mind?

He seemed to be (working on) fixing some of those issues, but he still missed an elementary blitz read and almost died in the preseason. He was still missing elementary (NFL) throws. And the Colts went back to the vet QB method and finally hit, so they have a better option.

Originally Posted by Puck (Post 344053)

Tua? Here, and Miami pays his contract? Do you have a link?

Originally Posted by rm1369 (Post 344088)

They are trading him because they failed to develop him. They took the rawest QB prospect ever and gave him no mentorship, no accountability, and no leadership. Everyone in the world knew he wasn’t ready to be an NFL QB. They could have let him sit and learn behind someone. Or if they were going to start him immediately they could have given him true mentor - someone who knew their sole reason for a roster spot was to help teach him how to be a QB. In typical Ballard fashion, they did neither and Cleveland Browned their #4 pick. AR deserves criticism, but they are trading him because they fucked up so bad. No one should be surprised AR hasn’t developed with how they “developed” him.

Originally Posted by Oldcolt (Post 344099)

I have no idea if AR would or will turn out to be a great QB or not. My bitch it that I was sold, and like an idiot bought, a load of crap when they drafted the man. To me the question isn't really whose fault ARs failure here was, it is did the Colts do what a quality organization should have done when they pick such a raw young man. Did they have a plan and did it fail? Who exactly was there to mentor him and show hime the ropes? Nobody on this site or in the NFL commentator verse has layed out what that plan was much less why it failed, at least not that I have seen. The whole episode just felt rudderless to me.

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory (Post 344097)

Ah, ok. They just gave him no mentorship and no leadership.

Man, can you imagine how much better his completion percentage would be and how many fewer games he would've tapped out of if they would have given him some mentorship and leadership?

Originally Posted by Puck (Post 344113)

https://x.com/AndrewMooreNFL/status/...578496276?s=20

Andrew Moore
@AndrewMooreNFL
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Feb 27
With the cap number set at $301.2M, the Colts will have roughly $33.4M in cap space heading into the 2026 offseason (before the expected Daniel Jones and Alec Pierce extensions).

Top 5 cap hits for 2026 currently (per Over The Cap):

1. Michael Pittman Jr: $29M
2. DeForest Buckner: $26.6M
3. Quenton Nelson: $24.2M
4. Charvarius Ward: $20.2M
5. Bernhard Raimann: $17.5M

Colts will have to make some moves to open up more space if they want to accomplish everything they plan to do.

Originally Posted by DragonTails (Post 344121)

What are the changes Pittman/Indy restructure? He's not even close to being worth 29m. Restructure/extend and get that down to under 15m.

Originally Posted by Puck (Post 344053)

Tua? Here, and Miami pays his contract? Do you have a link?