Originally Posted by Coltsalr (Post 3657)

Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Despite the Colts' attempts to sign him over the past week, Colts TE Jack Doyle has plans to test free-agent market, per source.


This is probably for the best. Yes, he's a nice player and it's not like this addition by subtraction by any means, and one could certainly argue over whether he'd be more deserving of a long-term contract over Dwayne Allen, but of all the holes this team has, dedicating significant resources to TE, where resources are already dedicated doesn't seem practical. Allen/Swoope would be a TE duo that I'd expect should do well enough, particularly with the amount we've already invested in WR.

The bottom line is, the amount of money that we'd have to offer him right now to convince him to not even test the FA market is more than we should be giving him, period. If he comes back and is willing to sign at a number that makes sense for us (what we're likely offering him now, as Schefter is reporting the Colts have tried to extend him), then wonderful.

Originally Posted by Coltsalr (Post 45963)

I stand by this...

Originally Posted by OneVoice (Post 45967)

Colts have a gazillion dollars in cap space, why are you worried about Doyle versus Allen?

Originally Posted by DrSpaceman (Post 46005)

I don't think we can judge Doyle based on one season under a bad staff and a back up QB starting all season

He has had some down games, but still has made some good plays all season and has been pretty reliable.

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Originally Posted by Pez (Post 46019)

If nothing else, this throwaway season is telling us about the players we have across all levels of our roster.

Originally Posted by Brylok (Post 46039)

Not so much with TY and Moncrief. It's hard to grade them when they're playing in Chud's idiotic scheme with a backup QB who is running for his life. And when he isn't running for his life, he has trouble with his progressions and finding receivers down field.

Originally Posted by rcubed (Post 46044)

Mostly agree with you. But TY has had some big games with those parameters. I just havent seen moncrief having those impacts. It may be this is what you get with moncrief. I will be interested to see what decision ballard makes with him.

Originally Posted by DrSpaceman (Post 46005)

I don't think we can judge Doyle based on one season under a bad staff and a back-up QB starting all season.

He has had some down games, but still has made some good plays all season and has been pretty reliable.

And Dwayne Allen has done nothing in NE. Even when Gronk has been hurt. Had at least one drop I saw in the Miami game, which has been his problem his whole career.