INDIANAPOLIS — Versatile safety Julian Blackmon has re-signed with the Colts on a one-year contract, a source confirmed to ESPN. Blackmon had been seeking a multiyear deal but was a victim of poor timing given the multiple recent cuts of veteran safeties around the NFL. Rather than re-sign with the Colts early on, as many […]
Continue readingORLANDO, Fla. — Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard has heard the whispers loud and clear. The second-guesses of his decision to prioritize re-signing the team’s in-house free agents rather than go searching for new blood were impossible to ignore. On Tuesday, Ballard took aim at those criticisms. “Different is not always better,” Ballard said […]
Continue readingINDIANAPOLIS — It’s not often a team hands out more than $200 million in contracts during the first week of the NFL’s free agent signing period, only to have its roster look largely the same as the previous season. And, yet, that is exactly what played out this week in Indianapolis, where the Colts went […]
Continue readingThe 2022 NFL season will kick off a week from Thursday as the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC) — which means teams are cutting their rosters in preparation. Teams were required to cut to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Cuts came earlier as […]
Continue readingLet’s get this straight from the jump: This is a celebration, not a list making fun of short players. It’s not a hey-isn’t-it-cute pat on the head, it’s a by-gawd confetti-tossin’, piñata-bustin’ celebration. Why? Because as any of the hundreds of NFL players I have interviewed have seen, I am short. Vertically challenged. Front row […]
Continue readingThe last time Detroit blocked a punt was on Dec. 23, 2007, when Casey FitzSimmons blocked a punt against the Chiefs. Killebrew’s block of Rigoberto Sanchez gave Detroit good field position, on the Colts’ 32-yard-line. Matthew Stafford wasted little time scoring after that, connecting with Marvin Jones on a nice corner route over Kenny Moore […]
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