Colts Trade Dwayne Allen to the Patriots

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by OneVoice

This is funny coming from you / you've treated DA with kid gloves since he got here while busting other's balls, most notably Fleener.

Fleener deserved it.

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by Indiana V2

Sure you're a fan of Allen, but you hope this works out for the Patriots? Seriously? Turn in your Colts card.

i hope allen does well. and i am sure he will.

allen was a good player and was a great guy in the community

[sherck]

Originally Posted by OneVoice

So, we basically traded DA to move up our 6th rounder to a 4th rounder?.

And $3m in free cap space.

With some "experts" thinking that some 4th rounders in this year's draft could be 2nd rounders in other years, then this move could.....could turn into a defensive starter or contributor that has impact on our defense.

Considering our last 2 5th round choices were David Parry (pre-idiocy) and Joe Haeg, we could get a pretty good guy with that extra 4th round choice.

Cherrs,

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[cq.noble]

Originally Posted by sherck

Really?

Teams make decisions all the time to move on from high priced talent because they have lower priced talent behind them that they believe will fill the void left.

Trading Allen created a void as a receiving option on the 2017 Colts. I am going to judge that trade based on if the lower priced talent on the team fills the void or not.

If the offense don't not skip a beat in 2017, then good trade. If it struggles because no one steps up as a 4th trusted pass catching option, then bad trade.

What is hard to understand about that?

Cheers,

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Well it's not that its hard to understand what you're saying its just not how the rest of the world looks at things.

The rest of the world is going to judge based on who has the better career, the guy we draft in the 4th round or the combination of Dwayne Allen and the 6th we sent with him.

But I understand your point, it can work out better for the team in the long run even if they use our 6th to draft the next Tom Brady.

[Butter]

I would like this a lot better if the 6th and was not included and he went to the NFC. You just know he will somehow stay healthy and have a solid season.

[Brylok]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

i hope allen does well. and i am sure he will.

allen was a good player and was a great guy in the community

This is obviously what I meant. I hope things work out well for the Colts, and I things turn out well for DA. He's a good man.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Butter

I would like this a lot better if the 6th and was not included and he went to the NFC. You just know he will somehow stay healthy and have a solid season.

No he won't.

[FatDT]

I am glad we got a 4th. I'm not glad about sending a pick back, or doing business with the Pats, or giving up on Allen when we really don't need the cap space.

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Brylok

This is obviously what I meant. I hope things work out well for the Colts, and I things turn out well for DA. He's a good man.

I hope he drops a 4th and 1 pass that loses them a critical game.

[omahacolt]

the hatred for allen is something i will never understand. teammates loved him, coaches loved him, and he was great in the community.

fans hate him because he got hurt.

it is unbelievable the vitriol this dude has received.