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Old 03-20-2018, 04:57 PM
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Melvin wanted 5 years/$10+million per year from the Colts. He signed for 1 year/$6.5 million with the Raiders. He wanted to leave.
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Melvin wanted 5 years/$10+million per year from the Colts. He signed for 1 year/$6.5 million with the Raiders. He wanted to leave.
Hard to fault Ballard for not biting on that if true.
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Old 03-20-2018, 05:26 PM
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Why he was so desperate to leave, that’s another question...
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Old 03-20-2018, 05:40 PM
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Why he was so desperate to leave, that’s another question...
Been a f’n circus the last year and a half at least. Maybe longer. If Ballard (rightly) didn’t want to overpay him why stay? With the change in D and coaching staff there really isn’t any more risk in leaving than staying. If you don’t think the GM believes in you why stay on a rebuilding team itching to replace you?
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Why he was so desperate to leave, that’s another question...
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Why he was so desperate to leave, that’s another question...
I don't think its an issue of him being desperate to leave Indy. My understanding is that he thinks he's a CB1 and wanted CB1 dollars. Colts value him as a CB2 and offered him CB2$. Colts said, go test the market. He tested the market and saw nobody valued him as a CB1 and so his next best option is to take a 1 year deal somewhere else where he can prove himself worthy of CB1 $. Colts were never going to value him as such and so he left. I don't get the thinking that Ballard "did nothing" to retain him or that Melvin "hated Indy".
Sometimes this stuff can be other thought. It's free agency and everyone talent/teams are trying to make the best deal they can. It's business, not personal.
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THAT WILL HELP !!!!!
The team just let their best defender walk without even trying to re-sign him. Hopefully that’s the last time that happens.
Without even trying to resign him? How would you even know that?

How can you fault Ballard for not paying him $3.5M more than any other team thought he was worth?

Sure, Melvin is a decent corner. You're acting like without him we would have won zero games last year instead of 4.
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Without even trying to resign him? How would you even know that?

How can you fault Ballard for not paying him $3.5M more than any other team thought he was worth?

Sure, Melvin is a decent corner. You're acting like without him we would have won zero games last year instead of 4.
TC is full of shit, they did try to re-sign him, he wanted a longer-term CB1 type contract from the Colts, he took a 1 year prove it elsewhere.
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TC is full of shit, they did try to re-sign him, he wanted a longer-term CB1 type contract from the Colts, he took a 1 year prove it elsewhere.
Doesn't change a thing...

Depth gone... hole opens up
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Old 03-20-2018, 09:21 PM
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Doesn't change a thing...

Depth gone... hole opens up
Nate Hairston played well last year and I think Quincy Wilson will be able to step in and play well too. You're overreacting to this Melvin thing pretty extremely.
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