Colts to Sign Eric Fisher 1 yr / $9.4M

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Fan-fucking-tastic! Hope he gets on field quickly without rushing the rehab.


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Fuck yes!!

[Chaka]

At $9.4M, Fisher is being paid roughly $6.5 million less than Castonzo was scheduled to be paid. Fisher is also a few years younger than Castonzo, but obviously coming off a major injury. So the discount on a formerly solid LT is pretty steep, suggesting that the team/player are acknowledging a significant amount of risk regarding recovery and/or timing.

On the other hand, we apparently chose Fisher over Leno, who is healthy, apparently favored the Colts, and also has strong ties to the Colts organization. So unless Leno was making exorbitant contract demands, this suggests to me a fair amount of confidence that Fisher will return close to his former self.

I’ll add that when the final contract details come out, it would be nice if there’s a team option for a year or two attached, but its probably unlikely.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Chaka

At $9.4M, Fisher is being paid roughly $6.5 million less than Castonzo was scheduled to be paid. Fisher is also a few years younger than Castonzo, but obviously coming off a major injury. So the discount on a formerly solid LT is pretty steep, suggesting that the team/player are acknowledging a significant amount of risk regarding recovery and/or timing.

On the other hand, we apparently chose Fisher over Leno, who is healthy, apparently favored the Colts, and also has strong ties to the Colts organization. So unless Leno was making exorbitant contract demands, this suggests to me a fair amount of confidence that Fisher will return close to his former self.

I’ll add that when the final contract details come out, it would be nice if there’s a team option for a year or two attached, but its probably unlikely.

I doubt he would do that. There is always a demand for LTs. He will want to go into next offseason a FA. Fisher was tied for 16th best OT in the league last year. That is similar to what Castonzo was before Nelson. I expect that to rise some with Nelson next to him. Maybe say 12th. That’s serviceable with this line.

[Oldcolt]

So Ballard stays true to his draft board and hopefully fixes our defensive line in the draft. Then because he doesn’t overspend in free agency, pissing off a ton of freaks, he has plenty of money to address our last major issue LT. I appears that there is enough to extend Leonard/Smith. On top of that word is that we were Leno’s preferred team, a tribute to the whole organization and Ballards development is the locker room that anyone with a choice of NFL cities wants to live in Indianapolis. Now I’m hoping Tevi plays so well Fisher ends up being the best backup in football.

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

I doubt he would do that. There is always a demand for LTs. He will want to go into next offseason a FA. Fisher was tied for 16th best OT in the league last year. That is similar to what Castonzo was before Nelson. I expect that to rise some with Nelson next to him. Maybe say 12th. That’s serviceable with this line.

Agreed, probably unlikely. I guess it also depends on the exercise price of the option - an option at $15M or even 18M for 2022 would be easier to extract than a $9.4M option obviously. And its a good point that if he's healthy, Fisher is likely to look better merely due to the fact that he's playing on the Colts OL.

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

I doubt he would do that. There is always a demand for LTs. He will want to go into next offseason a FA. Fisher was tied for 16th best OT in the league last year. That is similar to what Castonzo was before Nelson. I expect that to rise some with Nelson next to him. Maybe say 12th. That’s serviceable with this line.

i disagree that castonzo was 16th before nelson. he was always underappreciated by some of you

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by Chaka

On the other hand, we apparently chose Fisher over Leno, who is healthy, apparently favored the Colts, and also has strong ties to the Colts organization. So unless Leno was making exorbitant contract demands, this suggests to me a fair amount of confidence that Fisher will return close to his former self.

Per his agent, Leno has agreed to a 1 year, $5M deal with Washington.

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1392508265704140801

The Washington Football Team has its left tackle: The WFT is signing former Bears LT Charles Leno to a 1-year deal worth $5M, per Ron Slavin

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by AlwaysSunnyinIndy

Per his agent, Leno has agreed to a 1 year, $5M deal with Washington.

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1392508265704140801

You mean we could have signed our starting LT and hoarded ~$5M in cap space in case the league finally starts handing out additional wins for being well below the cap? WTF Ballard?

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2022 automatically voids next year.

What does that mean? Why is it part of the contract if it automatically voids?


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