Official Indianapolis Colts Forum Thread

[Rblake]

Bracket, Bullit, Addai, Dallas Clark, and Curtis (who gives a shit) Painter cut...

I'm surprised by the Clark move because I thought a new QB could use a good TE. The rest are overrated...(except Painter...he's not even good enough to be rated)

Aside from the obvious cap casualty nature of these cuts, they signal a huge change in philosophy. We will likely be striving to resemble the Ravens, play a hybrid 3-4(mostly) D, and a ball control offense with a deep threat or two (which is why we tried to keep Garcon). Our Oline will become more of a run blocking unit and Clark was no longer as valuable as a TE that can run block well.

FWIW - Freeney counts as $19M against the cap this yr. If he doesn't restructure (which he won't), he's the next cap casualty.

[MmmmBeeeeer]

It is going to be weird for a while now. So many facebook friends were flipping out last night, but they don't understand the reasoning behind all of this.

[Aso]

It is going to be weird for a while now. So many facebook friends were flipping out last night, but they don't understand the reasoning behind all of this.

I think it should be obvious why all these cuts are being made. The Dallas Clark one did surprise me a little. I figured he would be a nice safety blanket for Andrew Luck but oh well.

I'm extremely intrigued by the Colts overhaul and will definitely will be following all their moves closely.

[MmmmBeeeeer]

The people I'm talking about are casual fans though. Unlikely they even know what the salary cap is

[citizenerased]

Still, talk about the nuclear option.

Just blowing the entire team up. May as well just let us take part in an expansion draft as well at this rate.

[ThunderHorse]

some of these cuts surprise me and some don't.

we've all known for a while that we've been paying Brackett to much money. IDK why we paid Bullitt all that cash and tried to keep him on, I thought that was a bad move from the start because I never saw Bullitt as a starter in this league.

Anyway, I too am surprised by the Clark cut, and even the Addai one makes me raise an eyebrow simply because he only had 1 year left on his contract as it was, and it's not like he was really hitting against the cap.

Are we going to do this Donald Brown / Delone Carter thing next year? are we going to try and find a RB late in the draft this year?

offensively, who's our most experienced skill player? Donald Brown?

[Aso]

I definitely wouldn't trust Carter/Brown as your two main backs. That sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

I don't watch a whole lot of Colts games but Rotoworld said Clark was dropping passes left and right and was a terrible blocker. I always assumed he was one of the better TE's in the league. Maybe he was a product of Peyton Manning?

[Rblake]

we've all known for a while that we've been paying Brackett to much money.

Agreed. He was a good leader, but not a great MLB. He got swallowed up by OL's and was out of position too often.

IDK why we paid Bullitt all that cash and tried to keep him on, I thought that was a bad move from the start because I never saw Bullitt as a starter in this league.

I'm with you. I never thought Bullit was anything other than a GOOD backup. I was shocked when we paid him starter salary.

Anyway, I too am surprised by the Clark cut, and even the Addai one makes me raise an eyebrow simply because he only had 1 year left on his contract as it was, and it's not like he was really hitting against the cap.

My thoughts are that Clark was too $ for his below avg blocking skills, and Addai is not the power back we will want with our new Ravens-esque run blocking OL.

Are we going to do this Donald Brown / Delone Carter thing next year? are we going to try and find a RB late in the draft this year?

Considering how expendable and generally plug & play they are, I expect a bruiser-type FA pickup or two, like Chester Taylor, Peyton Hillis, or Michael Bush.