2026 Off-Season Thread
 

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The Colts’ $60 Million Dilemma Just Left Chris Ballard With No Real Escape

(By Lee Vowel)

https://horseshoeheroes.com/colts-60...no-real-escape

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If he feels like he should retire, then he should. He knows his own body, and what a normal thought process is versus a distorted one. Hopefully Walley is good to go by training camp. Just hope the injury didn't do more mental damage then physical.

We definitely have to sign Pierce, providing we don't get completely outbid, then you just let him go. You have to be fiscally responsible as well to build a complete team.

Let Smith go, he is overpaid anyway.

Get rid of Zaire. Seriously, sooner than later. Not a fan of Pratt, but wouldn't be mad if he was still here. Carlise can cover. Keep him healthy and see. Did I mention Franklin should be gone, like now?

Gallimore I would keep for the right money. Stewart is the other side of 30. Buck is on the wrong side of 30 with a neck injury/recovery.

I would trade Pittman to keep Pierce. We'll be ok without him.

I have a long wish list, and my reality list for the offseason. Ironically they are completely different of each other. Ya know, Cheap ass Ballard and his Goodwill philosophy.

Read the article, and I’m not sure he’s right. If Ward retires, and I’ll admit that I’m not an expert capologist, his contract is suspended and the team isn’t on the hook for his $13 Million salary, this year. They also have the right to take him to arbitration and recover $13 Million and change from his signing bonus. I suppose that it could depend on whether he is considered to be retired-injured in which case the team is liable for the part of his contract that was guaranteed against injury.

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Big Jim Irsay was a generous guy will his billions, as he never tried to recollect any money from Andrew Luck when he suddenly and abruptly retired, even though he was entitled to ...... I have a sense that Carly will financially compensate Ward if he decides to retire, even if it's money on the side that won't count toward the team's salary cap ...... it would be really cool if Carly did that, even if she were not obligated to do so.

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Horseshoe Heros is a total click bait group. They never have any real reporting and all of their takes are meant to be controversial and get clicks. I don't believe anything they say and I want Ballard gone. When Ward initially played the defense was so much better. It was an excellent signing. I'm betting he still wants to play but I think he shouldn't. Brain trauma is a real thing.

As a fan, I would love to see him play, and play well and free of further concussions. However, I do not see players as gladiators there for my amusement, but as people. Therefore, I agree that he should retire while he still has a brain that is not total mush.

Oh, and I totally agree about Horseshoe Heroes. Bogus page that uses clickbait, and has no real substance.

Joel A. Erickson
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Next fall will be the final Colts training camp at Grand Park. The team is taking it back to W. 56th after 2026.