Off-season moves

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Ridder has absolutely no upside!

And Jones does?

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

And Jones does?

He has lead a terrible team to a winning record and a playoff victory. Ridder has done nothing and never will.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

He has lead a terrible team to a winning record and a playoff victory. Ridder has done nothing and never will.

Jones had a mediocre year (3,200 yards and 15 TDs) on a team w/ a really good running game and a pretty weak schedule. Every other year he's been complete dog shit. So much so that the Giants ate $22M in cap space this year to run his worthless ass out of town. So while you might be right on Ridder, Jones isn't any better and will cost us more.

[apballin]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

He has lead a terrible team to a winning record and a playoff victory. Ridder has done nothing and never will.

Ridder didn’t have the luxury of having Saquon Barkley at RB. Also Arthur Smith as a head coach isn’t known for lighting it up on offense. Ridders stats are nearly identical to AR all while playing the position longer and having more experience, only difference is one guy was given up on quickly while the other gets pacified and excused for making a mockery of the QB position with inaccurate passes, poor in game decision making, and stupid turnovers game after game because he’s “ young and raw”

25 games = 63% comp 16Tds 14int 5 rushing TDS - Ridder

15 games = 50% comp 11Tds 13INT 10 rushing TDS -AR

Put Ridder with Steichen and JT and I guarantee you’d see improvement, look how Minshew looked for the raiders this season compared to his season with Steichen

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

Jones had a mediocre year (3,200 yards and 15 TDs) on a team w/ a really good running game and a pretty weak schedule. Every other year he's been complete dog shit. So much so that the Giants ate $22M in cap space this year to run his worthless ass out of town. So while you might be right on Ridder, Jones isn't any better and will cost us more.

That's fair, but you are neglecting the 708 rushing yards and 7 rushing TD's w/only 5 int's.

[Dewey 5]

Will Fries is headed to the Vikings for five years and $88 million

[ukcolt]

I am ok with the pickups of Ward and Bynum, but I am not really ready to say that they are great pickups. They certainly fill positions of need.

Ward I do think will immediately be our best outside corner, but he is already 29. Bynum looks similar to Blackmon, but I do profess not to know a huge amount about him, so happy to be proven wrong.

I am also meh about resigning Dulin, at 4m a year I want a good rotational offensive lineman, not a special teamer, who is 5/6th on the depth chart at receiver. He has proven to be a good special teamer, but with the new kickoff rules, i don't believe that this phase of the game is quite as important now. And it is not as if we were a great special teams unit last year.

If we can swing a trade for Raiders TE Mayer for a 5th rounder that fills that position. I don't want to take a TE in the later rounds, as that's exactly what the rest of our TE roster already is. Ogletree is a good inline blocker, Mallory is capable as a route runner, but a liability blocking, and then you have the weirdness that is Jelani Woods, is he able to develop into what he looked like he could become in his rookie season?

The rest of the roster doesn't have any glaring needs. Upgrades could be had of course, at LB, the tackle spot, the third DT and a backup RB and DE depth. But it allows the option of going BPA in the draft.

I am comfortable enough with our starters
Richardson
Taylor
Pittman
Pierce
Downs
Mayer
Raihman
Nelson
Bortolini
Goncalves
Smith

Ebukam
Stewart
Buckner
Paye
Franklin
Carlies
Ward
Jones
Moore
Cross
Bynum

But I would say we only have a few players beyond that, that I am truly comfortable with going forward, Dulin, Ogletree, Lewis, Latu, Adebawore, Brents, Womack.

So that's the 22 starters, 3 special teamers, and 7 others, a total of 32 players. The other 22 players all have yet to justify that they really belong in the NFL on a consistent basis. Even then the 7 others have hardly proven anyhing yet other than Lewis, Latu and probably Brents. There is a lot of work to do to get this roster depth up to standards, to be able to cover any sort of injuries to the starters.

[Dam8610]

Who is the remaining free agent you most want the Colts to sign?

Mine is Levi Onwuzurike.

[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.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

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.

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.