Colts cut five, Colvin signing with Texans

by Brad Wells on Jun 16, 2008 1:00 PM EDT in Colts News

The Colts reduced their roster today due to the new NFL rules that require 80-man team roster limit. Indy cut P Chad Stanley, DT Dan Davis, K Shane Andrus, C Pat Ross, and RB Justise Hairston. Of the group, Hairston is a surprise seeing as Dungy raved about him at mini camps. Don't be surprised if he's re-signed.

In other news, it looks like Rosevelt Colvin is heading to the Texans, a team that employs a defense that does not blitz with its linebackers (tip to Matic). Colvin is a blitzing linebacker. He can't cover to save his life. Why he signed with Houston, I don't know. He would have been a much better fit in Indy, padding his sack numbers which he then could have used to get a bigger payday later on. And, he'd be on a contender. Oh well.

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They will use him as we would have : as a pass rushing DE, not LB. Seems like the sensible thing. Then again it’s the Texans we’re talking about…

by TeteDeFer on Jun 16, 2008 3:06 PM EDT reply actions

Good for the Texans

Go Colts!

by KingRichard on Jun 16, 2008 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

Good for the Colts as well

After all of the injuries last season, I think adding an injury prone player to the roster is a bad decision.

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by Colts Homer on Jun 16, 2008 5:28 PM EDT reply actions

http://naptownsfinest.com/2008/06/16/rosey-passes-on-indy-4-waived-and-an-updated-roster-preview/

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by Colts Homer on Jun 16, 2008 5:52 PM EDT reply actions

Blitzing LBs

The wind is changing for Texans LBs. The Texans will blitz their LBs. That’s why Chaun Thompson & Rosevelt Colvin were brought in.

by marroncito on Jun 16, 2008 6:49 PM EDT reply actions

Then the Texans got problems

If they are blitzing more, their defense will get lit up. Their secondary just isn’t that good.

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by Brad Wells on Jun 17, 2008 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions