ruacoltsnut

You might want to start thinking 8-8 season. The way you guys are losing players and picking up no one. Good Luck. You were a dynasty and now it's over. Nice job winning the three, but now it is our turn. Watch, listen, learn and remember................

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Remix 6

lol when was last time we took big names? you might be looking at a 9-7 season at best...with James gone..your just about done

who was Brady before coming here? just a Wolverine QB that was drafted in 6th round and came and won 3 SBs

Givens was a 7th rounder from Fighting Irish..

and i can keep going..we made these players in a lot of ways..we evaluate talent well. we dont need a Marvin Harrison/Reggie Wayne/Peyton Manning(1st rounder)/Edgerrin James

BradyisGod

Wasn't it your turn in 2003. Oh wait, you guys choked.

Oh yeah, it was 2004, then it was your turn. What, am I wrong about that? Oh, they did get beat in Foxboro like 20-3. Wasn't that the game where the high powered offense couldn't be found in the stadium?

Oh right right right. 2005 was your turn. Everything lined up for you guys. Home field advantage and everything. What, they went one and done in the playoffs even WITH HFA? Wow, what a shock.

Based on that, why on earth would you think that it was your turn in 2006?

Your team is worse this year. You've forgotten to add any defense yet again.

Patjew

How can anyone disagree with that??? If they didn't win it in 2005, they never will.

Unless their plan somehow involves AV playing RB and defense- then maybe they have a shot.

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Digger44

I totally agree. I was thinking the Colts go 8-8 as well.

T-ShirtDynasty

Get ready for it...
Lil' Ronnie... the Comeback Tour

http://www.crowdpleezers.com/LilRonnie.htm

MoLewisrocks

For any of you kiddies not interesting in sparing with Colt trolls, this article from IndyStar says Freeney is signed through 2006 and the Colts are planning on signing him and/or Mathis to long term deals this season. If they get one done and not the other they will use the tag on the unsigned one.

A potential problem for us (re: any Seymour deal) is the presumption any deal Freeney signs will make him the highest paid defensive player in the league.

"Irsay provides input on personnel matters and signs the checks, but president Bill Polian and coach Tony Dungy collaborate on how best to structure the roster. That requires prioritizing. Most recently, it meant retaining wide receiver Reggie Wayne, defensive ends Raheem Brock and Robert Mathis and linebackers Gary Brackett and Cato June at the expense of James, Thornton, Tripplett and kicker Mike Vanderjagt, who signed with Dallas.
"Reggie and Raheem were the priorities for a lot of reasons -- their position, their age,'' Irsay said.

The next order of business is locking up Mathis and Dwight Freeney, one of the NFL's best pass-rush tandems, on a long-term basis. Each is under contract through the 2006 season. Freeney is in the final year of his rookie contract and will count $6.18 million against the cap, while Mathis signed a one-year, $2.069 million contract as a restricted free agent.

"We're going to keep Mathis and Freeney,'' Irsay said. "And to get those two guys done . . . we had to look at our roster in anticipation of how we're able to conform to the cap and do these things.''


http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...603250465/1100

arrellbee

The Patriots shouldn't touch Freeney with a 10 foot pole - or any other length pole, for that matter.

Freeney is a pure pass rushing DE. He does not control a DL space on the line of scrimmage. Consequently, he only tackles runners if they happen to run into him. He is also not a pocket-collapsing DE. All of his moves are to go around offensive linemen rather than push them into the pocket. Impossible to utilize a player like that in a Patriot's defense, much less a 3-4 defense which counts heavily on the DE to be a run stopper as well as pass rush.

Freeney is inexplicably over-hyped by the media. He makes his stats mostly against weak offensive lines and is mostly ineffective against the stronger lines - when the Colts need him the most. You can look at his performance on the field and listen to the commentators and what they are saying doesn't match what he is doing. For example, in the last playoff game with the Patriots, the commentators kept talking about the Patriots having to double team Freeney all of the time. In fact, the Patriots only double teamed him twice the whole game - and, ironically, both of those were the only times he was able to put pressure on Brady.

In that game, the Pats ran frequently to Freeney's side of the line. He did not make ONE single tackle (I think he was credited with one or an assist, but I slo-moed the whole game and I couldn't find it). Matt Light handled him one-on-one the whole game and basically shoved him out of any effect on pass rush or runs. Even Ashworth handled him one-on-one a few times when Freeney switched to the left DE spot. Matt Light is certainly a solid OT but not necessarily considered one of the top OTs and he had no trouble whatsoever with Freeney. The Pats need DEs that show up in the tough playoff games.

workhorse

The Colts have some room. When the new CBA was signed the Colts were $8-$12 million under the cap (Marvin and Peyton restructured). Not to mention that any deal Freeney would sign would be a long term deal with a small front end cap hit. Freeney is one of the main reasons that the Colts let Edge walk. That and the $20 million dollars they Cards just put in his pocket.


Bracket is fine. He is still a Colt. I think you mean Thorton, he sgined with the Titans. You seemed a little fired up, so I let you slide this time.


Mo thanks for the find, you saved me some time trying to hunt that down.

PatsFanInVa

Hey then! This must be the year!

Unless Joe Willie guarantees it's not. Owwww, zing from the past.

But it's okay, you guys have won it since then... Didn't you take out Miami a couple years later? like, 35 years ago or so?

I'm really sorry, Workhorse. I know this has to sting. But it really doesn't matter who steps into that Colts uniform, at least til your current generation of leadership passes. There's something that stops you guys when you're close. Maybe it's the unrealistic self-perception you get, rolling over the "okay" teams, playing at regular season intensity... then every year, like clockwork, the good teams get healthy (or close,) step it up, and beat you guys when it counts.

Out of excuses dude. This year sealed it for me. The Steelers? You guys couldn't get past the STEELERS? I could see if you were going to have to face your arch-nemesis again, the Pats, how you could choke on that. But the Steelers now own you too?

05 was gonna be THE YEAR!

Don't tell me. The second string water boy had a headache that day. It was about to snow real hard. The field was in bad shape. The other team was touching your receivers.

Here's an idea. Maybe if you guys ditch Dungy and go get Chucky. That worked for Tampa.

PFnV