He's a safety in this D

Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
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7m
Former Colts DE Samson Ebukam reached agreement today with the Atlanta Falcons, per his agent Cameron Foster

Joel A. Erickson
@JoelAErickson
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2h
Colby Wooden says he played out of position a bit last year. He was Green Bay's NT, but he's not a nose tackle naturally.

Wooden's more of a 3-tech who can slide out and play 5-tech DE in 3-man fronts, the way the Colts used Gallimore last year.

Greenlaw signed with the 49ers

So much for getting younger and faster. Bargain basement Ballard strikes again.

Any guesses why the Pittman trade has not been officially announced?

CLew 🏈🏀⚾️🥊
@droppedballs_fb
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26m
Colts GM Chris Ballard:

“Listen, we feel like the guys we signed will be able to help us win. We have a lot of faith in JTT and that Latu will take that next step. Nnadi has championship experience, I mean he’s a 3x champion. We see really excited about Wooden. Getting Daniel and Pierce back was huge for us. We were in on Trey, but listen, it takes two. We weren’t going to overspend for players, I mean did you see some of those contracts? We also believe there are some really good players in the draft that can come in and contribute right away.

Probably waiting on a physical.

B/R Gridiron

@brgridiron
Teams with the most cap space, per
@Jason_OTC


Commanders - $66.3M
Chargers - $63.5M
Ravens - $54.9M
Colts - $50.5M
Titans - $50.2M

Yea I guess that could be it

Another DE is off the market that I thought the Colts might go after once the Trey thing fell through

But this may mean the Eagles may be out on Sweat and/or Greenard

Let's do something Ballard You have some cap space.

Puck, from Ballards comment it seems he has done what he wants. He likes our guys and thinks they will take the next step and become monsters. Thinks the worst lineman (by PFF so I know) in the NFL was just used incorrectly so we will turn it around with him (like we have done with zero players). Typical bullshit from our GM (I'm still waiting for Kwitty ,Dayo's etc next step). What a shock.

I’d much rather have Paye and Ebukam than Key and Clemons. That’s an obvious downgrade in my opinion.

Ballard has a lot of work to do, that’s for sure.

That Ballard quote wasn't real.

Thanks, freaking AI. They nailed the sentiment however

Key is the Ebukam replacement, Clemons is the Tyquan Lewis replacement, and both are upgrades on the player they're replacing, as they're both younger and more productive at the respective roles they're being asked to do. Key's 11.2% pressure rate is much better than Ebukam's 9.8% rate, and in raw number terms he generated close to a pressure per game more than Ebukam. Clemons is a better run defender than Lewis and also generated a higher pressure rate. Key and Clemons also cost less than Paye combined.

I don't think the Colts have obtained their EDGE2 yet. There are still many options that would be an upgrade over Paye.

Ebukam was coming off a season ending injury last year. His career pressure rate is higher than 9.8.

I’m not sure where you got that Clemons is a better run defender than Lewis.

Clemons and Key are both downgrades from their predecessors or, at best, equal to them.

They’re in no way clearly better.

Pittman trade done

Indianapolis Colts

@Colts
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1h
🚨TRADE🚨

we have acquired a 2026 sixth-round pick in trade with @steelers.

Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
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1h
Titans are releasing CB L'Jarius Sneed, which will save Tennessee $11.4 million against the cap, per sources. Titans informed Snead’s agents, the Katz Brothers, of their decision today; Sneed now will become a free agent.

Salary cap updated with the new signings

$23,697,488 / 13th for the top 51

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/overview

Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
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26m
Former Bears free-agent S Jonathan Owens is signing a one-year deal with the Colts, per
@SunnyTheAgent
.

Indianapolis Colts

@Colts
we have re-signed TE Drew Ogletree.

Jordan Schultz
@Schultz_Report
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17m
Sources: The #Colts are signing former #Cowboys S Juanyeh Thomas.

Thomas played in 36 games with Dallas, recording 62 tackles, 5 PBUs and 1 forced fumble.

James Boyd
@RomeovilleKid
My bad!

New #Colts S Jonathan Owens is the husband of the GOAT, Simone Biles.

She is better at gymnastics than Tom Brady is at football and Michael Jordan is at basketball. No, that is not hyperbole. Biles has moves named after her because no one else in history can do them.

BZY day for the Colts

Andrew Moore
@AndrewMooreNFL
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20m
Fourth signing of the day for the Colts as Laquon Treadwell is back in the fold at WR.

Treadwell as mostly been on the PS during his time in Indy, but could add depth on the active roster with Michael Pittman Jr. now with the Steelers.

Evan Sidery
@esidery
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14m
The Colts are in trade discussions with multiple teams on Anthony Richardson, which could lead to a deal happening this weekend.

The Buccaneers, Chiefs, Lions, Packers, Rams, and Ravens are among the teams who checked in.

Richardson’s value is believed to be a late Day 3 pick.

I hope there is a plan to back up Jones. There is a damn good chance we will need to have someone QB us to a win or two this year besides Jones. Relying solely on Leonard seems dangerous. He showed enough to be intriguing but not enough, in my opinion, to warrant having him be the primary back up on a team wanting the playoffs starting a QB with Jones injury history.

Great. Maybe she can beat out her husband at safety.

Are you kidding me? She is 4'8" tall.

WAY to easy to high point her.... :)

I could care less who a guy’s married to especially a special teams player

Oldcolt. I like you You are no nonsense and say what you think. I am not directing all of this straight at you. directly,


Did Manning have a backup plan?

How about Luck ?

THERE IS ONLY SOOOO MUCH you can do.

There is NOT A BETTER OPTION FOR THE COLTS this season! NONE!!!!!!!


BITCH ALL YA WANT. but you cant argue that fact



SO WHY???? The doom and gloom??

Yea Leonard is next in line. Do you really want to send him into the fire.. like we did AR? NEITHER ARE READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What other option do the Colts have? Not mythical options. Legit options??


But it is a constant on this board that Ballard should be some kind of magician and should be able to get Mahomes and JJ Jefferson with a click of a mouse

I speak from experience I own multiple businesses. If I thought like some of the folks on here I would be broke in MINUTES!


There is SOOOO much that goes on behind the scenes that you me and my dog don't know about. RELAX

Ballard. as much as some hate him... knows WAY more than
any of us

Just like I do with my companies


And again. IT'S A GAME. no reason to lose your shit over this

Puck don't worry about making me feel bad. Its football, I have opinions but I recognize its a game means zilch in the end. Having said that you miss my biggest point. Luck, Manning never approached the injury history that Jones has. The guy has made it through one entire season in his career and is coming off a horrendous injury. It doesn't take a genius to anticipate that this man will most likely not make it through the year without missing time. Ballard has known Jones was the man for a long time. When Jones get invariably hurt or has a setback people will say 'injuries' doomed Ballard. I think it is lack of foresight. We have no better options, I agree. Why the hell is that?

As far as the doom and gloom I could ask why live in a fantasy pollyanna world. The doom and gloom is, for me, living in the reality of the last 9 years and the belief I am looking at the damn same thing this year.

Still rooting for the Colts and hope Jones leads us to glory as I believe that this is the best that can be done under the circumstances. I just happen to hate the circumstances and blame the people who have been managing us for the last 9 years for putting us in them.

This rationale is why I don't understand trading AR.

Because AR is bad at football?

Look, all the physical gifts in the world will not make up for the fact that NFL QBing's most important muscle is the 8" between a QBs ears.

Jacoby Brissett, IMO, is a perfect example of that. He had every physical skill in the world but I am convinced that his problem was that he made decisions just 0.1 of a second slow. However, when you add up all the tasks that are needed to deliver a perfect NFL strike, those tenths of a second added up to where he was consistently delivering the ball a half second late and in the NFL, that gives defenders time to adjust.

AR, again IMO, does not have the mental traits needed to be a top NFL QB. Perhaps he will prove me wrong if allowed to go to a team who has an expereinced starter and allowed to sit for a season or three (same as both Aaron Rodgers and Jordan Love) and then be able to come out and show us we were wrong and he was right.

But, I don't think that is going to happen. Right now, AR is bad at football.

Even if he does figure out the mental part and somehow manages to get to 60 percent completion rate, he’ll still be incredibly injury prone.

It’s not impossible that he becomes great, but the odds are very slim.

Either way, he’s done in Indy because Steichen is done with him.

I agree about AR not being very good at football right now. I do, however, believe he gives us a chance to win games. Leonard may do the same but I would like to keep options open, especially at QB were my trust in management is low from how they have managed the position the last decade.

Sherck you may be correct about AR not having the correct mental traits. If you are iI think it is probably blind luck. I say this because it is hard enough to know what your own mental capabilities are, harder even to know the capabilities of someone else you happen to know (I am surprised all the time with people) and I would say impossible to know about someone you have never even had a conversation with. I get why you are done with him but think we should keep option open. I understand we will not go this route and management (who have met him) agrees with you.

If all. you can get for AR is a late day 3 pick, why bother? If Jones gets hurt and Leonard hasn't shown much, maybe AR comes in and does well. Then, his trade value goes up. Odds are a late day 3 pick doesn't make the final 55.

If you lose him to Free agency, won't they receive a compensation pick in the 2027 draft?

Leonard has shown more than AR even in a small sample size. Why hang onto a liability who has peaked? He is just not good at football. Look through history at talented guys who are driving trucks now. Life sucks sometimes. If he was smart he invested the several million he has made and can have an easy life without football.

You make good point. You cn also look at talented dudes that teams gave up on and made them regret it (we could start with Unitas but it also is a long list). I think there are decent arguments both ways. We have the cap space, AR doesn't appear to be a locker room cancer and I, weirdly considering how I feel about the direction of the team, find hope in his physical abilities and who he seems to be as a human being. I wish we would keep him.

"I've always said this: organizations win, teams win, coaches win — it's not just the quarterback". Among other quotes.

There was a distinct philosophy with Manning and Luck where it was clearly known that if they went down the team was screwed. Ballard pitched a different philosophy from the beginning. I’ve never believed in it, but he started this journey with that philosophy. That’s part of my frustration with people defending him because he’s not had a superstar QB. HE said the QB wasn’t everything for winning. HE has mostly treated the position accordingly. My two initial complaints about Ballard were his stated view on vets and culture, and his willingness to slow roll a rebuild with Luck on the roster.

So it’s particularly frustrating to hear him constantly described as some sort of victim. He’s only a victim of his own philosophy. I’ve never expected him to find the next Mahomes and Jefferson, that’s complete BS. I’ve expected him to either 1) recognize the importance of the QB position and do whatever it takes to find one (like most teams), or 2) follow his philosophy and build an actual complete fucking team. Instead I’ve watched him pussy foot around the QB position looking for any scrap that may be decent while leaving giant holes year after year on the rest of the roster. And then I have to hear him and his fan boys say how hard it is to win, how nothing is his fault, and if Luck hadn’t retired we’d be a dynasty by now. After year 5 or 6 it starts getting pretty damn frustrating as a season ticket holder to keep spending the money watching other teams ascend past the Colts. Hell at this point I’ve watched teams above us bottom out and pass us again. Yet to hear several on this board that’s impossible or simply luck. No skill in being a GM apparently.

Which brings us to you being right that Ballard knows more than me. I mean I’ve accurately predicted where the team was headed with him at the helm since he told us those two parts of his philosophy. And I’ve been right about many specific rosters moves. But I’ve been wrong as well and I can acknowledge he certainly knows more than me. Curtis Painter can throw the ball better than me, and can read a D better than me. That doesn’t stop me from knowing he’s not an NFL starting level QB. The idea we can’t be critical of him because he knows more is asinine when we clearly have the results of his “genius” to use as a guide.

DJ is the best option for the Colts this season and while I’m not convinced he’s worth the money they paid, I’m thankful the contract is largely escapable. That is one thing I did have confidence in Ballard on. But to ignore his injury history and the difficulty of the injury he’s recovering from would be classic Ballard. Remember HIS philosophy is that its organizations (meaning him, the GM), teams, and coaches that win. Pretty easy shit to say and believe when you inherit a franchise QB. It’s been a hell of a lot harder for him to live up to. Or he was simply right and the organization, teams, and coaches have been truly mediocre for the entire time he’s been here. I’m sure it has nothing to do with him or his philosophy though. Just more bad luck. Regardless asking what it looks like when the guy who has never played a full season and is coming off a major injury is your QB is a very valid question. One I’m sure Ballard won’t have a plan for because it will be completely unexpected if DJ gets injured. Or having the franchise QB is the only way to win. I’m not sure, I get so confused in the Ballard logic…