BabeParilli
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- Mar 28, 2012
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Don't think they want him to do much apart from hold a clipboard, be paid almost minimum salary and be better than Scott Tolzien, it's not a high bar he has to reach.
Dorsett seems like injury insurance too, the trade makes sense but both of these guys rarely see the field unless something bad happens maybe Dorsett gets 10 snaps a game.
The Colts had been shopping Dorsett and the Pats probably only wanted to keep 2 quarterbacks, if this trade doesn't go down there's a good chance both guys were getting cut anyway.
It's also pretty clear that a new GM change in Indy has seen most of the bad blood between the organisations go out the window, Ballard has been in charge for 1 off season and there's been multiple trades already, looks like Bill thinks deflategate was purely a Grigson thing more than a Colts thing.
Well, Irsay is a charter member of the evil cabal of owners, so I don't know that all the bad blood has been removed with Grigson, but I believe BB will deal with anybody if he feels the team will be better for it.
As far as Dorsett, I don't see this as grabbing a backup or salvaging something from a guy who would have been cut anyway. I see a 32 yo Edelman coming off an ACL next year, a to be 32 year old Amendola who is a clutch spot player and not durable enough to be a starter, Hogan who is more or less a younger Amendola but more durable and Mitchell who is unproven despite the notions of the fans.
So, other than Cooks who we have through next year the WR situation is not rosy, long-term. Billy gets a guy with elite speed to run through the William Stephen Belichick University of football and see if quality teaching can produce something that can make that future look a bit more rosy.