Colts sign Chad Kelly
Not much risk really to see what he can do. He gets out of line, cut him.
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He is the nephew and godson of Jim Kelly. I am willing to bet this is, in a large part, a favor for an old friend (Reich being his back up for all those years).
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Fuckin headcase, but whatever.:rolleyes:
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Dont preach bringing in character guys then bring in a POS as a favor.
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If he makes the 54 man roster, you have something to bitch about. |
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Do you not understand depth? |
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Since it's unlikely we'll carry three QBs on the final roster, there seems to be two likely reasons (other than potential injury to Luck/Brissett) to bring this guy in:
1) As many of you have suggested, they are doing the guy a favor due to his connections and to give him an opportunity for exposure; or 2) They think there's a decent chance they'll trade Brissett and want an alternative backup who's young with upside but is not totally raw. His signing certainly doesn't fit with Ballard's prior statements about how character is so important to him, and I agree with Omaha that there are guys far more deserving at a shot that this guy. |
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I think it's option 3: 3) The Colts wanted to bring in someone for competition as a 3rd QB. The competition is NOT for a final roster spot - it is for a spot on the practice / taxi squad. This could be Brissett's last year as a Colt - if the Colts think Kelly has talent and upside and now a focus to stay out of trouble, they might give him a shot - on the practice squad. It would give them a chance to see what he can do and see if he can stay out of trouble. |
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Kelly is facing a 2 game suspension by the NFL.:cool:
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So on a theoretical trading card that he'll never have his "Games Played" line will be -2 since he's never going to be worth a roster spot.
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On a completely different side of this, I saw the ESPN mini-headline that said, "Colts Kelly gets two-game ban for October arrest.", and I thought, "Fuck ME! Is Ryan EVER going to play a full 16 game schedule?" |
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Personally, I have nothing against him and I hope he becomes an excellent back up, or even trade bait. I'm not counting on it, but here's hoping. |
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Please, elaborate. |
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Another is that he gets a lot of fourth quarter action in Colts' blow-out wins and he shows potential. Or he shows a lot in pre-season, sort of like the way that Garroppolo must have in New England. Look, Jim Sorgi and Curtis Painter never got meaningful minutes. It doesn't mean that teams weren't beating the door down with tempting offers trying to pry them away from Polian. Oh wait...yes it does. Just hoping he can show a lot in camp and pre-season. Teams are always QB desperate, and if a team, say, near Boston, were to have all of their options behind center go down with sudden UTIs, then maybe we could reap a reward here. All I'm saying. |
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If there's one thing we don't want it's for Luck to get hurt again, but him getting suspended is just such a Bizarro World to imagine that I'm not even sure how I could even entertain it. That said, I don't think it's completely implausible that if a guy could set the world on fire in preseason that if a QB desperate team (their starter just went down for the season) could make an offer. It wouldn't be a stupid offer, but hey, if you can turn a guy that you gave a flyer offer to into a 4th-5th round pick then you do it. |
Kelly is going to see very little time in the preseason, we will be giving Brissett considerable playing time i would imagine, next in line is Walker. If Kelly really lights it up in training camp then maybe he sees some preseason action ahead of Walker, but i would be highly surprised if he were to get anything more than 4th maybe 3rd quarter action throughout the entire preseason.
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