Free Agents Discussion

[Wyatt]

@PaulKuharskyNFL 4m4 minutes ago
Former Colts OLB Erik Walden visited the Titans on March 13. He fired his agent, Todd France, three days later.... http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=2...075447741588-4 …

[sherck]

Originally Posted by Wyatt

@PaulKuharskyNFL 4m4 minutes ago
Former Colts OLB Erik Walden visited the Titans on March 13. He fired his agent, Todd France, three days later.... http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=2...075447741588-4 …

Poor Erik.

I liked what he brought to Indy. I had low expectations and he exceeded them all. He, arguable, was the best free agent (not counting V.Davis trade) that Grigson made.

And, he has a career year in his free agency year. My guess is that he was expecting to get signed for Jabaal Sheard money ($8m a year) pretty quickly.

And the NFL just yawned and went in other directions.

Last 4 seasons:

60 games / 175 tackles / 23.0 sacks / 05 PD / Erik Walden (31 years old)
57 games / 150 tackles / 20.5 sacks / 13 PD / Jabaal Sheard (27 years old)

What a difference being under 30 or over 30 means in the NFL.

Cheers,

[Puck]

Originally Posted by sherck

Poor Erik.

I liked what he brought to Indy. I had low expectations and he exceeded them all. He, arguable, was the best free agent (not counting V.Davis trade) that Grigson made.

And, he has a career year in his free agency year. My guess is that he was expecting to get signed for Jabaal Sheard money ($8m a year) pretty quickly.

And the NFL just yawned and went in other directions.

Last 4 seasons:

60 games / 175 tackles / 23.0 sacks / 05 PD / Erik Walden (31 years old)
57 games / 150 tackles / 20.5 sacks / 13 PD / Jabaal Sheard (27 years old)

What a difference being under 30 or over 30 means in the NFL.

Cheers,

Reggie Wayne

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Puck

Reggie Wayne

Of course, you know that one doesn't count.

[sherck]

Originally Posted by Puck

Reggie Wayne

I was, indeed, thinking of free agency deals that brought new bodies to the Colts.

However, I will agree with you that retaining Reggie was probably the best move Grigson made overall because I am sure that it helped advance Luck's grasp of the game greatly.

Cheers,

[Coltsalr]

As much as some like to label every bad free agent signing as "Ah, that was clearly a Pagano guy!", Reggie Wayne was very much a Pagano guy.

Reggie and Pagano have both talked about how Pagano recruited him back by saying "I'm gonna need you to take a leap of faith with me" and how because of that, he turned down more money from the Patriots to come back to the Colts.

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by Coltsalr

As much as some like to label every bad free agent signing as "Ah, that was clearly a Pagano guy!", Reggie Wayne was very much a Pagano guy.

Reggie and Pagano have both talked about how Pagano recruited him back by saying "I'm gonna need you to take a leap of faith with me" and how because of that, he turned down more money from the Patriots to come back to the Colts.

as much as some like to speak in absolutes like a fucking douchebag


wayne was definitely a pagano guy. but more importantly a colts guy.

[Coltsalr]

Fun fact: The Colts signed 10 outside free agents this offseason, which is a franchise record, apparently.

http://m.colts.com/news/article-1/Co...3-506f8d1e5d3f

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by Coltsalr

Fun fact: The Colts signed 10 outside free agents this offseason, which is a franchise record, apparently.

http://m.colts.com/news/article-1/Co...3-506f8d1e5d3f

and they are all backups

[Mr. Session]

Originally Posted by sherck

Poor Erik.

I liked what he brought to Indy. I had low expectations and he exceeded them all. He, arguable, was the best free agent (not counting V.Davis trade) that Grigson made.

And, he has a career year in his free agency year. My guess is that he was expecting to get signed for Jabaal Sheard money ($8m a year) pretty quickly.

And the NFL just yawned and went in other directions.

Last 4 seasons:

60 games / 175 tackles / 23.0 sacks / 05 PD / Erik Walden (31 years old)
57 games / 150 tackles / 20.5 sacks / 13 PD / Jabaal Sheard (27 years old)

What a difference being under 30 or over 30 means in the NFL.

Cheers,

I really agree with this.

Walden wasn't the All-Pro linebacker a team builds a defense around but I never really felt he was a liability.

I think the guy did everything we could reasonably ask of him, in addition to having a "I'll kick your fucking ass" attitude that this defense has needed for years. I know he was a straight up thug for that headbutt to Delanie Walker, but I'll always love him for that. It was nice to watch our defense be the asshole bullies, for once.



I said it then; I'll say it again. Keep your hat on if you want to talk that action, boss.