Colts 2024 - Embrace The Future

[BankShot]

What does INGO think?

Will the Colts franchise tag Michael Pittman Jr?
Sign him to a big extension? Let him walk in free agency?

I'd like to see him stay as long as the terms are reasonable.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I'd like to see him stay as long as the terms are reasonable.

His deal is probably going to be bigger than people are expecting.

Just preparing you all ahead of time for the “that’s way too big of a contract” discussions.

Ballard said it himself is in press conference:

“The market is what the market is," Ballard said. "You have to have gas in your car and if it’s $4 a gallon, it’s $4 a gallon. It is what it is. There are ways to build your team and if that’s one of the ways you need to do it, then you need to do it. ... You’ve got to have wideouts.”

He’ll get close to Andrew Luck’s last contract, to put it into context.

 

[WebSnyper]

I’m really baffled by what has happened to him? No one seems to have an answer. CBS reportedly had meetings with him after the 2022 season trying to step-it up before the SB.

I heard a report that Romo really went down the golf rabbit hole and just wasn't spending the time he needed to on his analyst gig. No idea if that is true or not, but seems plausible?

 

[BankShot]

His deal is probably going to be bigger than people are expecting.

Just preparing you all ahead of time for the “that’s way too big of a contract” discussions.

Ballard said it himself is in press conference:

“The market is what the market is," Ballard said. "You have to have gas in your car and if it’s $4 a gallon, it’s $4 a gallon. It is what it is. There are ways to build your team and if that’s one of the ways you need to do it, then you need to do it. ... You’ve got to have wideouts.”

He’ll get close to Andrew Luck’s last contract, to put it into context.

Yep, that's how the NFL is. I saw an article earlier today saying they expect Dak to get $60 million a year from Dallas.

 

[rhamersley]

I heard a report that Romo really went down the golf rabbit hole and just wasn't spending the time he needed to on his analyst gig. No idea if that is true or not, but seems plausible?

Too much Corona and his Sketchers slip ons cut the oxygen off to the brain?

 

[Ingomike]

“The Bengals’ announcement means the three teams that still used slit film turf in 2023 — Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Minnesota — will all be switching their playing surfaces in 2024. Silt film turf is generally regarded as being more unsafe for player’s bodies.”

Bengals will switch their playing surface to FieldTurf in 2024

The Bengals are making a change to their playing surface for 2024.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Big bump in the cap

 

[Ingomike]

”For now, multiple sources have indicated that the teams expect the 2024 cap to be in the neighborhood of $242 million and $243 million. Another source, in response to that number, had this reaction: “More.”

“Whatever it is, it’s a far cry from the initial cap, back in 1994, of $34.6 million.“

“UPDATE 1:47 p.m. ET: Another source, with a proven record of accuracy in these matters, says it will be closer to $250 million than to $243 million.”

Big bump in the cap

Looks like the source was correct…

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Lockdown corner available for any team that has a ton of cap space and a need for a lockdown corner. Can’t think of any of those teams….

 

[BankShot]

Lockdown corner available for any team that has a ton of cap space and a need for a lockdown corner. Can’t think of any of those teams….

There may be one team somewhere in Indiana that could use a good CB.

 

[Dr.Midnight]

What does INGO think?

Will the Colts franchise tag Michael Pittman Jr?
Sign him to a big extension? Let him walk in free agency?

With the salary cap jumping so much, I think Pittman gets tagged. In fact, I think several teams will be pulling the trigger that were sitting on the fence.

 

[chipbennett]

What does INGO think?

Will the Colts franchise tag Michael Pittman Jr?
Sign him to a big extension? Let him walk in free agency?

I don't see any scenario in which the Colts let MPJ hit the FA market. If they can't get a long-term deal done, I imagine that they tag him, let him test the waters, and then get the long-term deal done. (If someone wants to give up 2 firsts for him, though? Probably okay.)

 

[Ingomike]

JT better enjoy that money he got. Some big name may not get any more even with the cap increase.

No franchise tags coming for running backs

A year after an offseason in which several top running backs complained they were underpaid, some of the NFL's best-known running backs will now have the chance to find out what they're worth in a free market.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[ChristianPatriot]

JT better enjoy that money he got. Some big name may not get any more even with the cap increase.

No franchise tags coming for running backs

A year after an offseason in which several top running backs complained they were underpaid, some of the NFL's best-known running backs will now have the chance to find out what they're worth in a free market.

www.nbcsports.com

The Talking Heads were universally bashing the Colts when they were going though the contract negotiations with Taylor.
“You pay your best players”
“Good organizations find ways to keep good players on their roster”

If/when Taylor gets nicked up and misses a game or two, those same morons will all say the same thing,
“See, this is exactly why you don’t pay running backs.”
“Good teams don’t get hamstrung by bad contracts.”

 

[BankShot]

The Talking Heads were universally bashing the Colts when they were going though the contract negotiations with Taylor.
“You pay your best players”
“Good organizations find ways to keep good players on their roster”

If/when Taylor gets nicked up and misses a game or two, those same morons will all say the same thing,
“See, this is exactly why you don’t pay running backs.”
“Good teams don’t get hamstrung by bad contracts.”

Yeah, you see so much of that on X.

 

[chipbennett]

The Talking Heads were universally bashing the Colts when they were going though the contract negotiations with Taylor.
“You pay your best players”
“Good organizations find ways to keep good players on their roster”

If/when Taylor gets nicked up and misses a game or two, those same morons will all say the same thing,
“See, this is exactly why you don’t pay running backs.”
“Good teams don’t get hamstrung by bad contracts.”

Part of the problem is that the talking heads were treating the Colts-JT situation as if JT weren't still under contract (and worse, as if JT were holding out), when in fact, all the negotiations happened a) while he was under contract, and b) while he was injured.

Every single RB to whom the Colts-JT situation was compared was not under contract/tagged/holding out.

In the end, JT got extended while still under contract, and that extension was reasonably at market value for his position and value/production. The Colts did everything right. JT (aside from his jackwagon of an agent - though, in the end, I guess even that worked out) did everything right.

Talking heads are gonna talking-head. And often that leads to speaking out of both sides of their mouths.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

 

[rhamersley]

Jemeny Christmas...she carrying a whole pee-wee football team worth in there????

 

[chipbennett]

I see that AR spent his rehabilitation time wisely.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

The NFLPA does a player survey every year. Here’s how Colts players ranked the organization.