Colts trim roster down: Cut P Mike Dragosavich and LB Rufus Alexander

by BigBlueShoe on May 4, 2009 2:54 PM EDT in Colts News Comment 13 comments

This morning, the Colts had 87 players on their roster. They can only go to Training Camp with 80. So, between now and August 2 (the start of Training Camp), the Colts will need to trim down. today, they parted ways with punter Mike Dragosavich and LB Rufus Alexander.

Cutting Dragosavich essentially hands the starting punting job to rookie Pat McAfee. The Colts also have Tim Masthay on the roster, but let's face it. Unless McAfee truly stinks it up at camp, Tim Masthay is pretty much roster filler.

Rufus Alexander is a player we at Stampede Blue have kept an eye on for years now. But, with Freddy Keiaho and Tyjuan Hagler re-signed, it's unlikely he would ever play.

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Who else?

Who else is gonna be cut, do you guys think?

by TheHugeUnit on May 4, 2009 3:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jim "orgi" Sorgi

Mr. Maytag

OH NO WE SUCK AGAIN!

by colts9318rock on May 4, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

/climbs to top of Russian mountain

DRAGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! DRAGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

/Iron Curtain flies open

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by MonkeyBusiness on May 4, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh Drago, we hardly knew ye

Seriously, we didn’t.

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by MrNFL on May 4, 2009 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He had a cool name though.

That’s gotta count for something, right? Anybody?

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by Cassieper on May 4, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tauiliili excites me

At least more than Rufus Alexander did… He has to be a least sorta smart to be enrolled at Duke, right?

by GoHorse88 on May 5, 2009 9:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not if you consider...

That he was arrested in August of his junior year for assault by pointing a gun, carrying a concealed weapon, driving while impaired, failing to stop after an accident and simple assault.

by bamock on May 5, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

WHA??!!??

Sounds like a combination of Plax and Pacman. Hm. I’m surprised by this one now.

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by peytonsthebest on May 5, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

smart doesn't equal good desicions

I’m fine with bring in dumbasses as UDFAs at the league minimum. Give them a chance to get their head on straight, if they don’t (Ed Johnson) all it cost you was the league minimum and a roster spot that would have gone to an inferior player.

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by shake n bake on May 5, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really?

Hmm… I’ll have to disagree on that one. In my mind I see Tauiliili’s actions as a reflection on how “smart” he is. That said, I don’t have a problem with the team bringing him in for a look-see. There’s nothing “not smart” about the Colts’ signing him. But yeah, all the things that composed the charges against him… major reflection of intelligence in my mind.

by bamock on May 5, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The way I think about that is that some people think they are so smart they can get away with things

they are a smart person, but overconfidence is what causes the fall, not being too dumb to realize they are doing something stupid.

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by shake n bake on May 5, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I see...

I think anyone that things they are so smart they can get away with things is pretty dumb. IE – I do include that in my evaluation of a player’s intelligence. That is why I evaluate a player like Percy Harvin on failing his drug test at the combine… that is just stupid. And that smells of “overconfidence” or thinking he could “get away with it.”

by bamock on May 5, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs