Colts acquire QB Matt Ryan for a 3rd Round draft pick

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

I think this was sarcasm you replied to.

Could be, I’m sarcastic on an hourly basis

[smitty46953]

Originally Posted by Puck

Have you taken a look at how much money we don't have anymore?

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/cap/

Unless he wants to play for about 10 mil its not happening without some more contract re works

Kyle Rapoza
@ColtscapKyle
The Colts should have no problem at all restructuring deals of players you know you're keeping. Very low risk of dead money.
For example, restructuring Buckner, Leonard, Braden, Kelly gets you back above $40 million in cap room without even adding void years.
https://twitter.com/ColtscapKyle/sta...84189581172736



This guy is pretty good on cap stuff So it seems we have some wiggle room if Ballard elects to add some?

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by smitty46953

Kyle Rapoza
@ColtscapKyle
The Colts should have no problem at all restructuring deals of players you know you're keeping. Very low risk of dead money.
For example, restructuring Buckner, Leonard, Braden, Kelly gets you back above $40 million in cap room without even adding void years.
https://twitter.com/ColtscapKyle/sta...84189581172736



This guy is pretty good on cap stuff So it seems we have some wiggle room if Ballard elects to add some?

Monopoly money

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Puck

Have you taken a look at how much money we don't have anymore?

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/cap/

Unless he wants to play for about 10 mil its not happening without some more contract re works

Okay, so rework deals. Getting Ryan doesn't matter if they don't have a LT to protect his blindside.

[ChoppedWood]

Glad we got Ryan over the injured angry little commercial guy. Really happy with the price tag as well.

Now he has to find a way to get several good pieces added to this squad- LT, WR, S, and TE are critical to taking advantage of this deal he just pulled off.

Lots of talk about needing to re-do deals- then do it, Ryan is absolutely a win this year QB because Tom Brady is 1 in a million- 2023 - 24 is not guaranteed (as we found out with Rivers).

[smitty46953]

Originally Posted by JAFF

Monopoly money

It was always fun to be the banker, my poor brother never won.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

Okay, so rework deals. Getting Ryan doesn't matter if they don't have a LT to protect his blindside.

Might be drafting that guy.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Chaka

Here are a few tweets from Stampede Blue writer Chris Shepherd, who analyzed the film on Ryan and concluded that he's nowhere near being over the hill:

https://twitter.com/NFLscheme/status...74550889508865

https://twitter.com/NFLscheme/status...75638976520203

https://twitter.com/NFLscheme/status...24738224463878

This is why I liked Matt Ryan over the other QBs. A faster processsor with plenty of arm left. He will feast against 8-9 man boxes.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

Might be drafting that guy.

Ballard can't just draft a LT and hope he's the solution. Its win now mode.

Draft one and sign one.

[IndyNorm]

Thank god all of that bitching some of us did over the weekend (myself obviously included) made an impact. Now hopefully Ballard saw what we were saying about LT, WR, and CB.

All joking aside, great move by Ballard. Hopefully he can rework some deals as needed and bring in some more help in the key areas.