AR to miss minicamp with injury to AC Joint in Throwing Shoulder

[Brylok]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

That’s true but if I remember correctly, no one here wanted Baker at the time.

That's right. I mentioned him once, quickly got shot down, and we moved on. Nobody was making a case for him here.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by Brylok

They *should* have taken Baker Mayfield when Cleveland dumped him and we got Matt Ryan instead. Baker wanted to come to the Colts, too. And here we are now...

That particular decision was Jim Irsay's. Jim really, really wanted Matt Ryan as QB.

Actually I think that a lot of the QB1 decisions over the last few years have been made by Irsay...which I don't think is surprising or that unusual. I believe there are many owners that get involved in the QB1 decision if that position is unsettled.

Each NFL team is valued at a minimum of 4 billion dollars. The QB1 position is usually the face of the franchise, someone who may command a $40 million per year contract (currently half the teams in the league pay a QB $40 million per year). So not surprising that a owner will want to be involved in the process or ultimately make the final decision.

And I think this is one reason why Jim graded Ballard on a curve...because Jim was making the QB1 decision.

And with Jim's passing...someone else will be making the QB1 decisions going forward.

[albany ed]

I actually think that DJ will win 10 or 11 games as the Colts QB. But maybe, just maybe it's more of a hope than a projection.

Go Colts.

[sherck]

Originally Posted by Dewey 5

I'm not sure that Arch will leave Texas early.

Agreed. With Indiana Jones at QB, the 2025 Colts will win 7-9 games, miss the playoffs or get in and be 1 and done.

The year to tank for Arch is NEXT season in 2026. Clean house, new GM, new HC, sell on veterans so the new managment can start roster construction how they think they need to in order to support a 2027 rookie QB.

As I stated in another post:

2026 SELL:

Pittman - $24.0m cap savings - 29 years old - 1 year left on contract
Buckner - $15.8m cap savings - 32 years old - 1 year left on contract
Nelson - $18.0m cap savings - 30 years old - 1 year left on contract
Taylor - $13.0m cap savings - 27 years old - 1 year left on contract
Stewart - $12.3m cap savings - 33 years old - 1 year left on contract
Moore - $10.0m cap savings - 31 years old - 1 year left on contract

By trading the above folks, we increase the Colts 2026 free cap space from $71.6m to $164.7m in order for the new GM to start shaping a younger team to help a new rookie QB in 2027 plus able to use the draft picks trading those players would bring.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

- He has 3 years of eligibility remaining, no monetary needs for himself or his family, plenty of NIL money coming in even if that weren't the case, and a family history of not leaving college early. So it's unlikely he'll be in the draft until at least 2027 if not 2028.

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This reminds me of a prediction that I made for the Orioles in a 3-game series that they had with the Boston Red Sox 2010, which went as follows ......


"The Orioles currently have a record of 4-18, which is the worst in all of baseball. They have not had a winning season in more than a decade. The Red Sox are one of the best teams in all of baseball, and they have not had a losing season in more than a decade. The Red Sox have better starting pitching than the Orioles, better relief pitching than the Orioles, and a better offense than the Orioles. In addition to all of that, Oriole Park has become known as "Fenway South" because almost half of the fans in the stadium root for the Red Sox when they play the Orioles there, even though the stadium is in Baltimore ...... so based of all of that, I think that the Orioles will sweep all 3 games from the Red Sox."


Sure enough, the Orioles swept all 3 games from the Red Sox.


https://www.baseball-reference.com/t...e-scores.shtml

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