Colts signing Justin Houston

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Originally Posted by Chaka

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).