Colts re-sign safety Matt Giordano

by Brad Wells on Apr 20, 2009 11:20 AM EDT in Colts News

Remember the early days of the Polian era, when we had safeties like Cory Bird and Chad Cota roaming around in the defensive backfield? Remember seeing David Patton set an NFL record by catching, throwing, and running in a touchdown in one game! Remember 2002, when Jeremy Shockey ran over then-Colts safety David Gibson like a wrecking ball plowing through wet dry wall; this after Gibson said Shockey was "just another player."

Remember those days?

To put it bluntly, from 1998 to 2004, the safety play for the Colts really, really, REALLY sucked. If the Almanac of Fail had a chapter on football, the Colts safeties from 1998 to 2004 would comprise at least half of the chapter.

Today, it's a bit different. The Colts, in my not-so-humble opinion, sport the best depth at safety in football. Bob Sanders and Antoine Bethea are the best safety tandem in the league, period! Melvin Bullitt, who played a ton of strong safety last year because of injuries to Bob, came into his own and has developed into an excellent back-up. He could start for most teams. Add to this the surprising development of Jamie Silva and Brandon Condren, two young, hard-hitting safeties.

And now, we can add Matt Giordano into the mix once again.

The Colts re-signed Matt to what looks like a vet minimum deal. He joins a very talented and crowded safety field, but unlike Silva or Condren, Matt is one of the faster players on the entire Colts team. Matt Giordnao also hits like a Mack Truck, and has shown a knack for making big plays. He is a tremendous special teams player, and just a good, all-around guy.

In addition to Giordano, Sanders, Bethea, and others, Marlin Jackson can also play some safety. Oh, and in case your wondering, his knee surgery recovery is going quite well.

While the defensive tackle position frustrates all of us to know end, at least we know the Colts have some serious talent in the defensive backfield. If they can just shore up the d-line in this draft, we can look forward to seeing some dominating Colts defense in 2009.

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good news

Im really glad they re-signed him. I think that he needs a real chance to prove himself but, competition is really tough. Still, a g8 special teams player and fast as hell

"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady

by BlueMark1821 on Apr 20, 2009 12:25 PM EDT reply actions

Im thrilled with this news. the guy can fly and hit hard. hes a tough hardworking guy. not a star but hes a perfect colt type of guy and the kind of backup that they needed to resign. Im thrilled polian got him back. never underestimate good special teams players even if thats all they do.

to think back of last summer and the mostly kept secret knee of peyton but stampede blue knew something was going on…I feel very good about this offseason. if we can get a big run stuffer, another good rb, an OT along with a wr in the draft (in other words a great draft) this team is getting scary good again.

I thought hunter the punter mostly sucked last year so resigning him isnt as important as resigning matt. our resigns like saturday, hayden and goridano are very quietly turning out great

by kinnickcolt on Apr 20, 2009 12:55 PM EDT reply actions

you missed tyjuan hagler

"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady

by BlueMark1821 on Apr 20, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Glad to see this news

Giordano is an asset worth keeping.

by centauri on Apr 20, 2009 1:11 PM EDT reply actions

Good to see this

He’s definitely solid. I think he could start somewhere else if another team gave him the chance.

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by MrNFL on Apr 20, 2009 3:32 PM EDT reply actions

And I have to add here as well

Go Bears! (especially for putting in that clip, thanks BBS)

by LovinBlue on Apr 20, 2009 3:51 PM EDT reply actions

thank you Piojocuau for my mistake of missing hagler. Im very happy he is back as a colt also

by kinnickcolt on Apr 20, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions

Indy Star put the contract at 670K

I’d bet a large chunk of change it’s 630K salary (the 4 year vet minimum) with a 30K signing bonus.

any takers?

nope?

ok fine, I’m so sure because a veteran minimum contract with a signing bonus of less than 40K only counts as 460K against the cap.

source (question 1.14)
http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/faq.asp

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by shake n bake on Apr 20, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions

subtraction fail

630K salary 40K bonus.

by shake n bake on Apr 20, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Now a proud annoyance on Stampede Blue, 18to88, Indy Football Report, and Phil B's blog.

Man, I need a life...

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: For all of our hatred toward CHFF's idiocy, they did win a Pro Football Writers of America award for best game story a few years ago. Ironically enough, it was for this story: Crow-six ways from Peking Garden

by Cassieper on Apr 21, 2009 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions

the worst part was that I didn't notice until the 4th site I was posting it on

and I wasn’t copy-pasting.

by shake n bake on Apr 21, 2009 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Nice clip but

It’s a little sad that a 4-year vet has a college clip being shown. Nothing more recent/relevant? I liked him since they drafted him….. just need a newer video. We ARE looking good at safety and injuries should not be a major problem. It’s an odd year, right, so Sanders is good for 14 games. Whew. Can we tape two of these guys together to play DT?

Which brings up a good question: do conjoined twins count as one football player or two? I’m thinking a guy who is literally five feet wide and has two heads and four arms playing DT might be pretty awesome. (time to stop reading sci fi)

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by Bobman on Apr 20, 2009 11:36 PM EDT reply actions