amazinPats

I would agree as well. Doss is not a huge loss. On the other hand, there should be some cumulative effect from this year's FA losses.

coltsfan

No, he's gone because he was a backup. Talk about much ado about nothing. Like Workhorse said, he would have been nice for depth, but nothing more. I never knew losing a reserve safety was such a big deal.

coltsfan

We have Giordano and Marlin Jackson could move back to safety in a pinch. We'll also likely draft a safety. The fact is that Sanders (if healthy) and Bethea make a very good young duo, which may be the strength of the defense right now.

spacecrime

It didn't matter if he was a backup or a starter or a JAG. The fact is you couldn't sign the guy because you have no money.

Is there something you don't understand about not having cap room? It means you have no choice. You must re-do Mannings deal every year in order to keep one player, and the rest go away and are replaced by UFDAs.

Next year Manning's cap hit is $19 mil, and it is $21 mil in 2009. So when you re-do his deal next year to sign a player or two, you'll be looking at $25+ mil cap hit for Manning in 2009.

I'm not complaining. Keep re-doing his deal.

Losing players does not mean you will have a bad season. We heard that crap over and over. But we rarely lost more that 3-4 top players a year, and we did use a mix of FAs and draft to re-build. FAs for the next year and draft for future years.

You need cap space, man. You're going down the toilet in a big flush if you don't get some.

coltsfan

Is there something you don't understand about the fact that his cap hit is only $1M? You don't think the Colts could fit that under the cap? That really is a pretty insignificant hit with where the cap is.

And how many 'top' players do you really think the Colts have lost? I started a thread a couple of weeks ago when we lost Reagor, saying that it may be a mistake. So I'm drinking no kool-aid. But the fact is, Doss was a backup, coming off of a torn ACL, and therefore nothing urgent.

Fixit

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captain stone

Another dolt leaving, and joining the pats, would have sounded better.

I'm still waiting for this FO to sign a DB or ILB to help a defense that allowed 32 points in the last half of football it played.

Re-sign Asante Now.

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captain stone

As per George Santayana, fellow Boston Latin School alumnus.

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italia44

me too,captain

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Miguel

Calling your opinion fact does not make it a fact.

Your declaration of a fact implies that you have direct knowledge of how much the Colts are currently under the cap. Please share that knowledge with the rest of the board.

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