Off-season moves

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by ukcolt

According to Over the cap we currently have just under $12m, but some of that needs to be allocated to the rookie class. So we probably have around $7.5m left without having to redo any contracts.

I wouldn't mind seeing Jedrick Wills come in as a veteran tackle who can play both the left and right side. Hasn't lived up to his draft status, but has started 57 games for the Browns and would be a big upgrade on Blake Freeland as our swing tackle. Also wouldn't mind seeing Nick Chubb in the backfield subbing for Taylor. He isn't the 3rd threat we still need. But any contract for Chubb, would need to be a low deal ($3m) with large incentives.

Just signed Khalil Herbert to a one year deal. No issues with that one.

[sherck]

IMO, at the end of the day, we are all just treading water until the next Colts QB comes along because I just don't believe that AR is the guy. He is exactly what he has been since his High School days; a great guy with a great personality who has, up until this point, always been the best athlete on the field and succeeded because of that and not his ability to learn to play QB better.

I hope he proves me wrong this season and I get to come back at the end and say that I was wrong....but I don't believe that will be the case. At the end of the season, the Colts will be either looking at Daniel Jones as a long-term solution (which he is not) or heading back into the draft/free agency for our next QB.

All the rest is just.....fluff. Great, strengthen the team where you can and get younger but we are still waiting on our next QB who can win games in the playoffs and be consistently good in regular season.

[Dewey 5]

Originally Posted by sherck

IMO, at the end of the day, we are all just treading water until the next Colts QB comes along because I just don't believe that AR is the guy. He is exactly what he has been since his High School days; a great guy with a great personality who has, up until this point, always been the best athlete on the field and succeeded because of that and not his ability to learn to play QB better.

I hope he proves me wrong this season and I get to come back at the end and say that I was wrong....but I don't believe that will be the case. At the end of the season, the Colts will be either looking at Daniel Jones as a long-term solution (which he is not) or heading back into the draft/free agency for our next QB.

All the rest is just.....fluff. Great, strengthen the team where you can and get younger but we are still waiting on our next QB who can win games in the playoffs and be consistently good in regular season.

If either don’t work out, & I agree with you that they probably won’t, we’ll have a new HC & GM.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by AlwaysSunnyinIndy

The Colts should have a bit more cap space than that number.

Neither Overthecap nor Spotrac have the details on Braden Smith's re-worked deal yet.

OTC now has the Smith contract details. He took one hell of a paycut going to $8M w/ $0 guaranteed (although he gets a $2M roster bonus on the 5th day of the league year).

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

OTC now has the Smith contract details. He took one hell of a paycut going to $8M w/ $0 guaranteed (although he gets a $2M roster bonus on the 5th day of the league year).

The revision will add roughly $9.35M to the Colts cap space this year.

[ChaosTheory]

Did this guy start smoking meth or kill a guy?

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by AlwaysSunnyinIndy

The revision will add roughly $9.35M to the Colts cap space this year.

Yep. Forgot to add that we still have $21M in cap space. Maybe a little less as this number doesn't include Herbert, Schrader, or Ballentine, but I doubt any of their signings really change it.

Did this guy start smoking meth or kill a guy?

Yeah, crazy how much of a salary hit he took. Although I don't think he had any guaranteed dollars left and if he makes the team and stays healthy he'll make $8M this year. Guessing he and his agent decided he wouldn't really get more than that on the open market