Colts potentially adding Dominic Rhodes and Rosevelt Colvin
by BigBlueShoe on Apr 29, 2008 2:28 PM EDT
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With the news that Dom Rhodes was cut by Oakland yesterday, it seems logical to assume the Colts will look into bringing him back into the fold. Rhodes was a very popular member of the team. Despite his arrest last year for getting drunk and peeing in his pants, Dom is not known as a trouble maker or a jackhole. I will always remember Dom for how he took Joseph Addai under his wing when Addai was a rookie. Also, Dom did not complain, whine cry, or moan when he was benched in favor of Addai later in the 2006 season. In fact, Dom actually got better, and really dominated in the 2006 playoffs. Dom and Addai are fast friends, and guys like Peyton and Saturday also speak well of Dom.
The bottom line is if Dom wants to come back here, the team would love to have him. But, the price must be right.
The other possible addition, one that Bill Polian has said the Colts are looking into, is acquiring former Patriots LB Rosevelt Colvin. Colvin visited Indy this past Saturday. The concern on Colvin is his health. All throughout his career, he's been hurt. One of the reasons for this is Colvin just isn't very durable. He could stay healthy if he were a part-time pass rush specialist, which the Colts will likely use him as if they sign him. The other issue with Colvin is he's kind of acted like a jerk when he's played the Colts. Remember, he was the jerk who spiked the football on the mid-field Horse Shoe after New England beat Indy in the regular season last year. Shortly afterwards, Colvin got hurt hurt (again), was placed on IR, and, at the end of the season, got cut.
Note: Never, ever, mess with The Shoe.
Still, despite all that, if Colvin is healthy he would make a great addition. Colvin and recently drafted DE Marcus Howard would solidify the Colts' pass rush. Should Dominic Rhodes return, it will provide Indy with the same RB depth they had when they won it all in 2006. Add to this Mike Hart, and the Colts have three quality backs (and likely Kenton Keith will be looking for residence again in Canada). If Colvin and Rhodes are signed, it would add the finishing touch on a very strong draft for the Colts.
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I’ welcome Dom back, sure. Colvin however, can go jump off a cliff. If the Colts signed him, and I happened to go to a game I’d probably boo him.
by KingRichard on Apr 29, 2008 2:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree
I would also boo Colvin.
BOO!
by MasterRWayne on Apr 29, 2008 3:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
There’s not enough steel wool and Borax in the world to scrub the Patriots’ jackassery off of Colvin.
by ctnyc on Apr 29, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Consensus
Rhodes, yes. Colvin, no. We don’t need any Djurkwhad Patriots on our team. Classy Patriots, fine, but no Djurks. Ask yourself, if Wes Welker wanted to play for the Colts, would you want him here? Not me.
by Picky on Apr 29, 2008 4:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What's Wrong With Wes?
There are a lot of Patriots that I wouldn’t want here, no matter how much talent they have. But in all fairness, Welker seems like a classy guy. Unless I missed something, he didn’t do anything disrespectful to the Colts or any other team. He seems like a hard worker, has good hands, and is a good return guy. I wouldn’t mind having him dress in blue.
by TouchdownMonkey on Apr 30, 2008 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Colts-pats game
caught the game clinching first down and informed Kelvin Hayden that he “fucking sucks”
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by shake n bake on Apr 30, 2008 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Dominator
I’m not so sure that Dom is such a stand up guy. As I recall, his DUI arrest was his second arrest while a member of the Colts. The first was for domestic battery. Pretty classy.
I don’t have anything against Dom, and I’m not necessarily trying to pick a fight with KingRichard, but King blasted KK when he got arrested, using it as an example of why he should be booted. KK’s arrest was basically for acting like a dipshit – he wasn’t hurting anyone. Dom has been arrested for a DUI and domestic battery – both of which are putting others in harms way. Yet King would welcome back Dom with open arms and Shoe, who usually is big on character, regards Dom as a pretty good guy.
I guess winning a championship erases all else.
(Let’s not forget that we were all basically annoyed with Dom starting all year in 06, and wanted him benched for Addai. It was only in the playoffs that Dom really played exceptional football in the 06 season. Which, I will acknowledge, is strong by him).
The Shogun of Harlem
by shonuff on Apr 29, 2008 4:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hear what you are saying, and I’d like to make it clear that I do hold Dom’s actions against him. As for the domestic battery charge; well none of us know the whole story. According to what I’ve read though, his wife was a crazy bitch. So anything could have happened. For all we know, he had to defend himself and she got hurt in the process.
Concerning KK’s arrest, it was merely the straw that broke the camel’s back. I never liked KK, and he only shined in 1 game. Every other time he was on the field, he sucked ass, and of course had the worst hands I’ve ever see out of any Colts RB.
So yeah, if I had a choice of who I’d rather have on the roster Dom or KK, I’d take Dom in a heartbeat.
by KingRichard on Apr 29, 2008 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shonuff
You’ve made a mark for yourself taking some contrarian positions this off-season. First I believe the domestic battery charges were dropped, and we all know how common it is for women to hit back at their relatively-famous athlete boyfriends with a little call the police and cry “abuse.” No one ever will ever believe the guy, unless his name is Randy Moss and his team buys the girl off.
Secondly, to call anyone who gets a DUI a low character guy is probably being a hypocrite, because if you drink, you’ve more than likely drove drunk ONCE. And once is all it takes if you get caught. And he blew a .09, not exactly a crazy number considering that was under the limit when I was in high school. Was it dumb? Yes. Should he have been speeding 26 MPH over the speed limit at 3 o’clock in the morning? No. Again a dumb move, but I’ve done worse on 65 and I bet you have too if you live in Indy.
These are the sort of judgment calls that you should definitely call out a QB on(Big Ben), but we want this guy to come in and be the second or third guy on the depth chart as a tailback. He knows the offense, he knows how we play football, and he mixes well with the locker room. He’s paid his dues for his mistake, and unless he does the same sort of thing again, we should trust the guy. He’s done some pretty great things for this franchise and I think we should give him a shot to make the roster here if he wants it. I wouldn’t be suprised to see him go to the Saints or the Lions, as he’s proven rather durable over his career and has been consistently productive and is a veteran.
Though in agreement with you, I do think that King went a little overboard in his rant on Keith. He made a bad decision that reflects poorly on the Colts, and this was after it was his muff on an easy play that resulted in us losing the SD playoff game. Bad decision, bad timing. But the reason to not like Keith is not his stupid arrest, but his bad play. He showed flashes of talent all season long, including destroying Denver, New Orleans, and Houston. But he had bad games against Jacksonville, Tennessee, New England, and Kansas City. Over the course of the season he had a 4.4 YPC average, the same as Joseph over his whole career. But where he is different is his blocking and pass catching. Addai had a 84% Catch Rate, in the top 3 in the league, and was third in DPAR and second in DVOA. Keith had a 57% catch rate, with only Shaun Alexander, Priest Holmes, and Travis Henry being lower amongst mentionable running backs. His DPAR and DVOA in receiving would have placed in 33rd and 26th respectively, if Manning had been silly enough to pass to him enough to get ranked. That’s sad.
Dom is a much better player, better known and liked by the players, coaches, staff, and fans, and it seems, a much harder worker. I vote Dom.
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by Bullard47 on Apr 29, 2008 5:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hurumph
You just aren’t known for your reasoned responses to things that happen in Colts land. Were his drops bad? Yes. Was his arrest stupid? Sure. But did he hurt anyone? No. Oh, and I heard that catching the ball can be coached. He wasn’t called upon in either protection or receiving in the CFL, and is used to a more open field than we have in the NFL. Maybe we’ll run four in the backfield again like we did last year. But the point is, when you title your post “Piss Off” you might be overreacting a little bit. Not exactly showing the class that you are expecting your Colts to exhibit. But I understand why you were so angry, but I think you took it a little too far.
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by Bullard47 on Apr 29, 2008 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, that was arguably one of the most ridiculous posts I’ve ever seen on this site. For a plethora of reasons, feel I must retort.
You just aren’t known for your reasoned responses to things that happen in Colts land.
No offense right? That wasn’t meant to be a personal attack in any fashion. How about you bring up some examples there big guy.
Were his drops bad? Yes. Was his arrest stupid? Sure. But did he hurt anyone? No.
Yes.
Yes.
That’s completely irrelevant. Please explain to my unreasoned ass why that has any bearing on my opinion of KK needing the boot?
Oh, and I heard that catching the ball can be coached.
Ok…he did have an entire season to work on his stone hands. I mean, did they guy never show up to practice or something? Or did he just go through the motions. Because if anything, his receiving abilities got worse as the year went on.
He wasn’t called upon in either protection or receiving in the CFL, and is used to a more open field than we have in the NFL.
Listen, catching a football isn’t some act of god. It’s really not that hard of a “skill” (as you are making it out to be) to master. I mean, if his receiving fundamentals needed some work, all he had to do was go work with the receivers coach for a week and BAM! The Colts would have a well-rounded back-up for Addai.
As far as the dimensions of a CFL, who cares? I certainly don’t. Once again you are bringing up irrelevant information.
Maybe we’ll run four in the backfield again like we did last year.
Maybe, but what is your point? Oh here it is…
But the point is, when you title your post "Piss Off" you might be overreacting a little bit. Not exactly showing the class that you are expecting your Colts to exhibit. But I understand why you were so angry, but I think you took it a little too far.
Yes, we’ve accomplished the fact you think I went overboard, and was overreacting. But the problem I have is, I don’t see a single reason as to why you thought that. Outside of the fact that he didn’t hurt anyone. Which is a pretty laughable excuse.
I’m sorry that you get offended when I express my feelings towards someone who couldn’t catch shit all year, laid a massive turd in the last game of the dome, was a major part of why the Colts lost to the Chargers, and then gets arrested for hanging out in the parking lot of a club at 3 A.M.
How that is overreacting is beyond me.
by KingRichard on Apr 30, 2008 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
One more thing, as far as the term classy is concerned, I could give two shits about that word. In all honesty, I despise the use or overuse of the word to describe the way a player, a team, or a franchise should act.
And fyi, speaking my mind doesn’t have any bearing on whatever class I may or may not have.
by KingRichard on Apr 30, 2008 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Maybe I’m just in a bitter mood because I miss the Horse, and I’m being argumentative.
Let me say, I didn’t mean to come off with a “holier than thou” attitude. I am not one who is in a position to cast stones. My point wasn’t that Dom was a low class guy because he got a DUI. Frankly, I’m not sure that I have an opinion on Dom’s level of class. I only meant the act of getting arrested for a domestic battery dispute in itself is a pretty classless act. I agree, we don’t know what happened, and the charges were dropped, but that could mean anything from it being a bullshit call to the cops making a mistake during the arrest to her changing her story. My feeling is, if it escalated to the point that the police were called, it’s not a good sign, no matter how you slice it. (Usually where there’s smoke, there’s some fire.) I was just trying to point out that the guy’s had more than one brush with the law, and it seems strange to me to just cast those issues aside and say he’s not known as a trouble maker or a jackhole when he’s been arrested twice as many times as most people on the team.
Bottom line, I don’t mean to stand up for Keith too much. I was just as irritated with the drops last year as anyone on here, especially the one in the SD game. (However, the Colts lost the game to SD due to their lack of pass rush, not KK’s drop.) I just felt like there was a little bit of injustice going on by trying to run KK out on a pole, partially due to his recent arrest, while trumpeting Dom’s name from the mountaintops as a guy of strong character when he’s had some indiscretions too.
Damnit, why am I defending KK? I don’t particularly like him.
The Shogun of Harlem
by shonuff on Apr 29, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the know
Ok, I was just reading through the comments and at first, I wasn’t going to say anything. But I see now how people get the wrong impression of someone by what they read. I am a close friend of Dom and I know what happened with the domestic case and with the other also. I know for sure that he was not at fault and the police was called out because of nosy neighbors. Every couple have fights and sometimes it may get a lil loud, but for the state to take up the case because there wasn’t any charges filed by the so-called victim, that’s just what it is, a witch hunt. Not necessarily for Dom, but for any and I say any professional athlete that this happens to. Oh, and the media doesn’t make it any better either. They are just waiting for “stories” to develope to go on a feeding frenzy. Now back to the topic, Dom is a very kind hearted and humbled dude with a really interesting story. He was a good fit to the Colts when he was here and He will be a good fit to the Colts if they bring him back. I wish he could finish his career where he started and I can see him play more often since I don’t have the NFL package, ticket, etc. as we all know, the Raiders didn’t get much TV time down here. I just wanted to clear the air a little. Texas2step’s 2 cents…...
by Texas2step on May 5, 2008 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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