Rodgers Waived
 

Per Irsay on twitter

Jim Irsay

@JimIrsay
Waived DE Rashod Berry and CB Isaiah Rodgers Sr.

Ballard Statement:

The Indianapolis Colts today waived defensive end Rashod Berry and cornerback Isaiah Rodgers Sr.

"We have made the following roster moves as a consequence of the determination that these players violated the league's gambling policy," said Colts General Manager Chris Ballard. "The integrity of the game is of the utmost importance. As an organization we will continue to educate our players, coaches, and staff on the policies in place and the significant consequences that may occur with violations."

Too bad, I felt like he was going to have a breakout year.

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Good info ...... not necessarily the info that I wanted to hear, but good info nonetheless.

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Wow, surprised a guy like Irsay wouldn't be all about 2nd chances....even third chances!

1. He is.
2. This is league sanctions. You want two guys on the roster who cant contribute?
3. This makes the colts look bad. Irsay has a big heart, but this hurts the bottom line. Thats why they fired the last head coach. Didnt win in a league where winning is the only thing

Safe to presume our secondary is going to get torched this season? Smh

Were they starters?

Rodgers probably would have secured one of the starting CB spots this season.


Berry was an end of roster / practice squad type player. The Colts were already his fourth team over a 3 year career.

I assumed that Rodgers and Moore were going to be the starters.

Same here, but Bradley just didn't seem to want Rodgers to start last season.

For that reason, I believe that whichever rookie CB looked the best would have gotten the starting nod over Rodgers.

I hope they pick Rodgers back up once he's reinstated. He probably would've been the starter had this not happened. Even if the Colts get nothing else out of him, he's been well worth the 6th round pick used on him.

They still had Gilmore. I figured Rodgers would fill his spot this season. What do I know?

Unless something has changed over the past year Rodgers could have been put on Reserve/Suspended status and not counted towards the roster (or the cap I think).

https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-trainin...t-nfi-and-more

Guessing this is more about image than anything else. Like others on here I'd like to see him back if he can get it together.

Commish's take is probably based on Facyson playing more than Rodgers even though it was obvious that Rodgers is better, so Bradley probably didn't like Rodgers b/c of his size, etc.

I had honestly forgotten about Facyson. Thanks a lot.

He might get one. When he is eligible to play again.

So if the league suspends a player for the season and you want to retain him he has to take one of your roster spots? Are you sure about that?:confused:

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/c...ng-violations/

Colts' Isaiah Rodgers, two other NFL players receive indefinite suspensions for gambling violations

You're welcome :p. Good news is that Facyson is somone else's problem now!

Unless the rule has changed since last year's training camp they don't (link in my earlier post).

Sorry, I missed your post, I didn't think that sounded fair to the team. But since the Colts cut him, I wonder what happens if the league reinstates him after one year? Would he just be a free agent?

I don't think a roster spot would be taken by a suspended player.

Rogers is suspended indefinitely, so they need to waive him to fill his spot

I would have to see the league rules to know if you are correct. Calvin Ridley did not cost Atlanta a spot, did he?

No worries. I was just being lazy about reposting the link. I presume he would be a FA if reinstated since we released him and it doesn't look like anyone put in a waiver claim for him which isn't surprising at all.

Per this article he didn't. This is from Aug. '22 so maybe the rule has changed, but I doubt it.

https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-trainin...t-nfi-and-more

I see this as almost purely a business decision. It is my guess that almost everyone who is competitive as NFL types bet on something. If not their friends do. There is no moral issue here. I believe that the powers that be in the NFL think that gambling is one of the things that could burn in a huge way this billion dollar business. No way they are going to chance finding out if they are right. Rogers may come back but I would think he would have do enough public service work to become the poster boy for gamblers anonymous in his year away to have a chance.

Rodgers found his next gig - that is, whenever his suspension is lifted.

Today the Eagles signed him and then immediately placed him on the Suspended List.


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