2019 Free Agency Period

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Originally Posted by smitty46953

Ian Rapoport‏Verified account @RapSheet

The #Packers aren’t done: They are also signing #Bears S Adrian Amos, sources say. Two big deals, two huge additions on D. A former rival comes to Green Bay.

I was kind of hoping we would land amos

[FatDT]

Originally Posted by Coltsalr

@gmbremer
Interested to see if the #Colts kick the tires on Earl Thomas. Obviously, he's outside the scope of Ballard's usual moves. But at 29, he's unlikely to get an exorbitantly long deal, and there are several Seattle connections in the FO.


https://twitter.com/gmbremer/status/...044446721?s=21

That would be interesting. Not gonna get my hopes up and I think he’d be a bit of a puzzling complement to Hooker, but I’ll take what I can get at this point. Would probably be a great mentor to Hooker as well.

Not a fan of asking Hooker to come up into the box. Thomas can do it all but putting him mostly in the box seems like a waste of his talents. I don't see him as a fit unless he just can't find a deal.

[VeveJones007]

Originally Posted by Coltsalr

Not that I myself was particularly high on him but for those that have mentioned him:

@HolderStephen
I know a lot of you have asked about Denver’s Shaquil Barrett as a possible option for the Colts. Checked into him and it sounds like the Colts view him as more of a 3-4 OLB. Doesn’t seem likely to land here.

That's one of those where I'll trust Eberflus and the scouts to determine whether or not he would fit.

[smitty46953]

Dov Kleiman‏Verified account @NFL_DovKleiman

Former #49ers, #Cardinals and #Colts Safety Antoine Bethea will sign a 2-year deal with the #Giants, per @ReggieWayne_17

Bethea was originally a 6th round pick by the #Colts in 2006

[Hoopsdoc]

Florio says the Colts are not pursuing Le’veon Bell.

Thank God.

[FatDT]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

Florio says the Colts are not pursuing Le’veon Bell.

Thank God.

I also read the per year average he'd been offered by teams was between $11M and $12M/year. Probably not what he was hoping for.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by smitty46953

Dov Kleiman‏Verified account @NFL_DovKleiman

Former #49ers, #Cardinals and #Colts Safety Antoine Bethea will sign a 2-year deal with the #Giants, per @ReggieWayne_17

Bethea was originally a 6th round pick by the #Colts in 2006

Fuck! Is Bethea going to play forever?

[Pez]

Originally Posted by VeveJones007

There are two primary sources of improvement from Ballard's strategy.

1) Draft
2) Develop

We tend to focus on #1, but #2 is even more important. If the coaching staff can't develop Turay and Lewis into quality pass rushers, then that's a significant failure.

Still, I expect Ballard to add another DL and DE high in the draft. If you can't get a pass rush with 4 1st/2nd round picks on the DL, then is the problem a lack of commitment of resources to the problem?

The inability to develop Turay and Lewis into quality pass rushers is Not a failure by itself. keeping them around after they fail to develop, or keeping the staff around that fails to develop them would make it a failure.

[Luck4Reich]

I feel more confident we have coaches that can actually develop players unlike the last asshat.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Is Bethea going to play forever?

I think he is trying to keep up with Frank Gore.

Gore was drafted the year before Bethea.