2026 Off-Season Thread

[rm1369]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

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.

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.

[DragonTails]

Originally Posted by Puck

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

Just google it. Number of sources.

I heard it first from my coworker who is a diehard Miami fan. Lots of different angles some which include Richardson.

It's like swapping glass for glass. lol

So many QB questions heading into March. Par for the course the last 10 years.

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by rm1369

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.

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?

[Oldcolt]

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.

[apballin]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

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.

I believe the shoulder injury derailed everything. Pre Shoulder injury there were flashes that I seen potential and I was excited. Post shoulder surgery he looked like he didn’t belong in the NFL

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

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?

So you think handing him the starting job from the get go and bringing in a veteran QB in year 2 who had no intention whatsoever in helping AR out were the right moves?

Hindsight's 20/20, but IMO it's pretty obvious AR should have sat either a good portion of if not all of his rookie year, and keeping Matt Ryan around to try to ingrain what it takes work ethic wise to be a successful NFL QB into AR would have been worth its weight in gold.

[Puck]

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.

[DragonTails]

Originally Posted by Puck

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

Andrew Moore
@AndrewMooreNFL
·
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.

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.

[albany ed]

Originally Posted by DragonTails

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.

The base salary is 22,000,000 and the rest is bonus. I'm not an expert, but if you make the 22,000,000 a bonus and extend him for 3 more years beyond 2026, you can divide the entire 29,000,000 by 4. Add to that, a salary that's back loaded and you might get it down to a cap hit of 12 to 15 million. At least I think you could do something like that.

[DragonTails]

Originally Posted by Puck

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

https://horseshoeheroes.com/colts-qb...agovailoa-turn