Glowinski Signed to Extension
 

http://indcolts.co/scmf/OrMCe04Lcp0l...21yU4Cg/Zhv3R1

That was fast. Was definitely expecting him to hit the open market. Good on Ballard being aggressive and keeping him, though!

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Colts reached agreement with their OG Mark Glowinski on a 3-year, $18 million deal before he became a free agent this winter, per source. Teams re-signing quality players before they hit the market.

10:49 AM - 29 Jan 2019

That's not a bad deal either.... $7.8M is the average annual salary for a Guard, we got Glowinski locked in at $6M.

This pleases me. Good contract on a young guy.

That's great news !!! :cool:

Pretty slam-dunk move at that price tag. But also wouldn't be shocked if Glowinski becomes C-G depth at some point this offseason/season. Depending on dominoes of other interior OL options or RT options, could see Glow ending up as a supersub essentially. Always know you'll need someone to take snaps in the interior three spots, especially with Kelly's injury history. (No, I don't think Boehm could do it for more than 2-3 games.)

Boehm was exposed pretty hard by KC. Not because of a ton of pressure up the middle, but just due to how the whole line seemed to function less effectively. Maybe it's unfair to put that all on Boehm, but the center is the center.

I didn't really think of that until now.

$6 million is significantly less than I expected him to get. Happy to have him for that. But it is low enough that now I would agree, it would not be surprising if he lost his starting spot. Hard to imagine him giving Slauson the job back (hard to imagine Slauson coming back after cracking two vertebrae) but if you think you have your long-term RG you probably pay him more than 3/$18 million.

I've said since we saw Boehm starting that we needed to upgrade the primary interior backup. I was thinking draft pick or FA, but if Glow can play center and they can find a true upgrade at RG, so much the better. He would be great in that role.

Also Deon Cain is a future Hall of Fame WR.

It wasn't just KC. The line (and offense as a whole) really struggled without Kelly the 2nd half of the season. Upgrading backup C would be a point of emphasis for me this offseason.

How good is a backup center ever going to be?

If the issue is that Kelly is always hurt, the solution isn't to try to field two starters in that position...