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Nobody is "hyperventilating" over cap space. What's silly is to adopt a free-wheeling spending attitude just because we have lots of cap space. That's a mistake, and to adopt a "I don't care whether this was money well spent because we have plenty of cap space" attitude is a short-term, poor strategy. The Colts just need to make smart moves, regardless of cap space.

I'm not even saying that this was necessarily a bad move in an of itself, merely that I was surprised by it and that I hope that it doesn't signal a change in the approach that has been working so well. However, comments like yours are troubling and all too common unfortunately.
It is short term. It’s a 2 year deal that doesn’t hurt us at all. We have 40 billion dollars in cap space
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Nobody is "hyperventilating" over cap space. What's silly is to adopt a free-wheeling spending attitude just because we have lots of cap space. That's a mistake, and to adopt a "I don't care whether this was money well spent because we have plenty of cap space" attitude is a short-term, poor strategy. The Colts just need to make smart moves, regardless of cap space.

I'm not even saying that this was necessarily a bad move in an of itself, merely that I was surprised by it and that I hope that it doesn't signal a change in the approach that has been working so well. However, comments like yours are troubling and all too common unfortunately.
I can’t remember ever seeing a 2 year NFL deal that wasn’t really a one year deal with an option. We’ll see.

Even if there are some Y2 guarantees, I don’t think the hand-wringing is necessary. If Ballard wanted to go on a crazy spending spree, why didn’t he last week? This is just a low risk, high reward type of move with limited repercussions on 2020 if it doesn’t pan out.
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Nobody is "hyperventilating" over cap space. What's silly is to adopt a free-wheeling spending attitude just because we have lots of cap space. That's a mistake, and to adopt a "I don't care whether this was money well spent because we have plenty of cap space" attitude is a short-term, poor strategy. The Colts just need to make smart moves, regardless of cap space.

I'm not even saying that this was necessarily a bad move in an of itself, merely that I was surprised by it and that I hope that it doesn't signal a change in the approach that has been working so well. However, comments like yours are troubling and all too common unfortunately.
You think it's troubling to be less than concerned about a 2 year deal that, even if fully guaranteed (it's not), means the difference between $120 million and $130 million in cap space in 2020? And that would be off the books after 2020? That seems a bit alarmist to me.
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I agree. I just have a feeling they will have Lewis starting at re and sheard at le. I could be wrong
The plan last season was to get Lewis playing more 3-Tech, which according to Ballard is what he is best suited for.

So, I expect Lewis to take snaps away from Autry and possible unseat him as the starter. The Houston signing allows that to happen.
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The plan last season was to get Lewis playing more 3-Tech, which according to Ballard is what he is best suited for.

So, I expect Lewis to take snaps away from Autry and possible unseat him as the starter. The Houston signing allows that to happen.
The plan for hunt was to be a de. It didn’t stay that way
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I don't think Houston will be a 3 down player. Pass rush specialist role I would think.
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The plan for hunt was to be a de. It didn’t stay that way
No it didn't and Lewis played mostly or all the time at DE last season. My point was the direction that they have been planning on is Lewis at 3-tech.

It will be interesting to see how it plays out for sure, as the draft may influence those plans as well.
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No it didn't and Lewis played mostly or all the time at DE last season. My point was the direction that they have been planning on is Lewis at 3-tech.

It will be interesting to see how it plays out for sure, as the draft may influence those plans as well.
I agree that Lewis will play inside some and that was the plan. I just think he will be playing de on early downs. I could be wrong. That is just my own speculation
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Nobody is "hyperventilating" over cap space. What's silly is to adopt a free-wheeling spending attitude just because we have lots of cap space. That's a mistake, and to adopt a "I don't care whether this was money well spent because we have plenty of cap space" attitude is a short-term, poor strategy. The Colts just need to make smart moves, regardless of cap space.

I'm not even saying that this was necessarily a bad move in an of itself, merely that I was surprised by it and that I hope that it doesn't signal a change in the approach that has been working so well. However, comments like yours are troubling and all too common unfortunately.
You're acting like the Colts signed him to a $100M contract. Even if there is no option on the 2nd year, 2 years at $24M is very reasonable for a player coming off of a 9 sack 5 FF season. Yes, there's some age and injury concerns, but not that concerning since he's played 27/32 games over the past 2 seasons and been very productive when doing so (9.5 sacks as well in '17).
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