Update: Cardinals’ new head coach Bruce Arians mentioned that he’s comfortable moving forward with Drew Stanton as his quarterback. “I have all the confidence in the world with him being our starter,” Arians said, via the Associated Press. There’s been a lot of speculation that Arizona could target one of the prospects in this year’s draft class and Chris [...]
March 21, 2013
Nate Bouda
Cardinals
Update: The Colts have announced the signing of QB Matt Hasselbeck. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Colts “plan” to sign free agent QB Matt Hasselbeck on Tuesday. Bob Kravitz reports that Hasselbeck will receive a two-year deal worth $8 million. It should be complete barring a “major last-minute snafu.” Peter King reports that Hasselbeck to the Colts is [...]
March 18, 2013
Nate Bouda
49ers, Bears, Bengals, Bills, Browns, Buccaneers, Cardinals, Colts, Giants, Saints, Titans
Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star was able to sit down with Colts owner Jim Irsay and discussed how the team handled Peyton Manning‘s tenure in Indianapolis. The most interesting comment from Irsay came in regards to former GM Bill Polian who supposedly wanted to trade Manning once they encountered some issues regarding a long-term extension back in 2004. “We [...]
March 1, 2013
Nate Bouda
Colts
Packers WR Greg Jennings joined the NFL Network on Wednesday and mentioned that he’s open to anything this offseason. “All other 31 teams are an option,” Jennings said, via NFL.com He’s already put his house in Wisconsin on the market so he’s more than prepared to be playing elsewhere next season. The Miami Dolphins have been consistently [...]
February 13, 2013
Nate Bouda
Colts, Dolphins, Packers, Rams, Vikings
NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock believes that there will be three of four quarterback selected in the first round of this year’s draft. “It’s early in this entire process,” Mayock said, via NFL.com. “Everyone says there’s no Andrew Luck, there’s no Robert Griffin III. … I guarantee you by the time we get to April, there will [...]
January 22, 2013
Jake Watroba
NFL Draft Rumors
Jim Trotter of SI.com reports that the Colts have in fact hired former Stanford offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton as a replacement for Bruce Arians. ————— Chris Mortensen reports that the Indianapolis Colts are targeting Standard offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton as a replacement for Bruce Arians, who agreed to become the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday. The obvious connection here is [...]
January 18, 2013
Nate Bouda
Colts
Colts interim head coach Bruce Arians mentioned that RB Vick Ballard will in fact handle the majority of the team’s carries against the Houston Texans this weekend. “As long as he can stay in there he’ll stay in there and when he needs to tap out, Mewelde will go in,” Arians said, via the Indianapolis Star. The Colts were [...]
December 13, 2012
Nate Bouda
Colts
Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan indicated that they will try to get Calvin Johnson more involved in the early part of Sunday’s game because he believes is imperative for the team’s success. “It’s going to come back and bite you,” Linehan said, per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “I think it’s really more key that we continue to [...]
September 28, 2012
Joe Garcia
Lions
Tom James of the Tribune-Star reports that Colts WR Austin Collie is out for the season after rupturing his patella tendon. Collie headed into the season with constant questions of whether he could shake the concussion issues that have plagued his career in recent years. Now Collie won’t be able to prove those doubters wrong, as [...]
September 24, 2012
Nathan J. Rivera
Colts
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that Colts WR Austin Collie suffered a setback on Thursday and is now listed as doubtful for Week 2′s game. Collie is coming off of a concussion that he suffered during the preseason, so the fact that he reportedly suffered a setback is somewhat concerning. —————— According to Tom James of the Terre Haute Tribune-Star, Colts WR Austin Collie is [...]
September 14, 2012
Nate Bouda
Colts
Broncos Broncos expect third-round pick RB Ronnie Hillman to be their primary change-of-pace back. (Denver Post) Brock Osweiler was working as the Broncos’ No. 2 quarterback on Saturday. (Denver Post) Buccaneers Buccaneers sign former Chargers LB Nate Triplett. Buccaneers waive LB Thomas Williams. Colts Colts new OC Bruce Arians mentioned that he believes QB Andrew Luck [...]
July 29, 2012
Nate Bouda
Broncos, Buccaneers, Colts, Dolphins, Eagles, Jaguars, Lions, Packers, Panthers, Patriots, Raiders, Ravens, Seahawks, Titans, Vikings
The Indianapolis Colts have officially signed No. 1 overall pick QB Andrew Luck to a four-year deal, per Mike Chappell. It’s widely expected that Luck’s contract will be very close to the one that Cam Newton signed last year with the Panthers. Newton received a four contract worth $22.025 million and include a $14.5 million signing bonus. Picture [...]
July 19, 2012
Nikhil Kumar
Colts
Washington Redskins QB Robert Griffin III mentioned that he expects to sign his contract in the near future and hopes to have it finalized by Monday. “I talked to my agent the other day, and he said they had been talking last week then took a break over the weekend, but from what I’ve heard [...]
July 11, 2012
Nate Bouda
Redskins
According to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, they’re close to finally signing the first overall pick in this year’s draft, Andrew Luck, to a contract. As we’ve previously mentioned, there have been a number of draft picks that have been looking to maximize the amount of guaranteed money included in their rookie deals, so it should come as [...]
July 8, 2012
Nate Bouda
Colts
Indianapolis Colts new head coach Chuck Pagano mentioned that QB first overall pick Andrew Luck ”is off the charts in terms of football IQ,” per Phillip B. Wilson of the Indianapolis Star Tribune. WR Austin Collie also chimed in on Luck saying that “as far as an attitude standpoint, which is probably the only thing I can [...]
June 12, 2012
Nathan J. Rivera
Colts
Colts QB Andrew Luck is trying to find ways to practice with his new teammates, seeing as the current rules will prohibit him from working with the team until he finishes up at Stanford. According to ESPN, Luck is “hoping to work out with WR Austin Collie in California between now and June and has offered to [...]
May 5, 2012
Nathan J. Rivera
Colts
Mike Chappell of the Indianapolis Star writes that the Colts general manger Jim Irsay expects to have QB Andrew Luck under contract sooner rather than later. Irsay said that this is “something that should be done swiftly” and that “there shouldn’t be a difficult process with that.“ With the new rookie wage scale in place, [...]
April 29, 2012
Nate Bouda
Colts
Just in case you were holding out for some concrete proof that Andrew Luck will be the first overall pick in this year’s draft, Indianapolis Colts GM Ryan Grigson has announced that they be selecting Luck with the first pick in the draft, per Albert Breer. We all knew that this was coming, but at least [...]
April 24, 2012
Nate Bouda
Colts, Redskins
Michael Floyd Lenn Robbins of the New York Post writes that Notre Dame WR Michael Floyd is being “eyed” by the Jets. There’s no question that the Jets could use another receiver and Floyd would have to be considered at #16, but there’s really guarantee that he’ll be available to them by the time they’re on the clock. Anyone [...]
April 23, 2012
Nate Bouda
Bears, Bengals, Bills, Cardinals, Colts, Giants, Jaguars, Jets, NFL Draft Rumors, Seahawks
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel polled a number of evaluators regarding this year’s group of quarterback prospects. Interestingly enough, the consensus regarding the one player that’s most likely to be a ”bust” in the NFL was Arizona State QB Brock Osweiler. It’s worth noting that Texas A&M QB Ryan Tannehill came in second with four, compared to Osweiler’s eight. Brandon Weeden received three votes, while Robert [...]
April 19, 2012
Nate Bouda
NFL Draft Rumors
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Indianapolis Colts have informed Stanford QB Andrew Luck that they’re going to take him with the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming draft, one week from today. Certainly this isn’t shocking by any means, as it just confirms what everyone believed to be the case. At least we [...]
April 19, 2012
Nate Bouda
Colts
Colts Indianapolis Colts new GM Ryan Grigson mentioned that they’ve ”pretty much made up our mind” regrading who they’ll take with the #1 overall pick in this year’s draft. “We’ve exhausted the process,” said Grigson, Mike Chappell. “Pretty much made up our mind.” Obviously, Grigson didn’t specifically mention who they were leaning towards, but it’s widely assumed [...]
April 18, 2012
Nate Bouda
49ers, Bengals, Bills, Broncos, Cardinals, Chiefs, Colts, Cowboys, Dolphins, Eagles, Jets, NFL Draft Rumors, Packers, Rams, Saints, Seahawks