Even With Anthony Gonzalez Possibly Returning, The Colts Wanted Devin Thomas Anyway

Yeah, right, I was wondering, when the article appeared what crazy stuff was born in BBS’ mind this time.

I kept on wondering why he wasn’t catch on with the Redskins. Last year he appeared to show something when he went out for over 200 yards in a single game. I wished he’d be available but, didn’t hold high it in the highest regards considering Colts current wide receiver depth. As for Gonzo, I believe the organization would have cut K. Moore and looked for a possible trade situation at the end of the year. Colts are gonna need draft selections and creating ways of moving guys to compensate for all the losses will be priority one.

ROFFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s been a slow
Morning but that made my day. Haven’t laughed that hard in a long time

that the interest in Devin Thomas was mostly as a returner. But I do wonder if something isn’t afoot (no pun intended) – it seems that the Colts have looked at a LOT of WRs in recent weeks. Considering that (in my mind at least) there is a deep need for DBs and O-Line, I find this curious.

Meanwhile, the trade deadline approaches…

He makes a valid point. I just think the situation would play out a little differently thou. Gonzo is slipping down the depth charts and he’s perfect for trade bait. If he shows something this year, chances are that’s the whole reason they’re keeping Bob Sanders on the roster also. Polian needs to make up for his mistakes and take some overhead off the team in the process. This would help the team in so many fashions next year.

would have been anything other than depth and perhaps a returner.

What happened to the last guy we got that couldn’t even catch passes from Donovan McNabb, anyway?

The guy was awful returning kicks last week and since that was the only reason for signing him, he would have been booted. Thomas can actually return kicks pretty decent and play WR pretty decent. Gonzo can do the ladder while Moore can do neither. It’s a no brainer.

“It’s been brought to my attention, also, that the Colts put in a waiver claim on WR Devin Thomas, but they didn’t get him. Somebody thought the claim suggested Gonzo’s roster spot was in jeopardy. I don’t think it was that…”

http://blogs.indystar.com/philb/2010/10/13/colts-breakfast-one-more-until-the-bye/

Granted, Phil doesn’t go into much detail, and this doesn’t automatically mean that Phil’s right and BBS is wrong. I’m merely pointing it out to show that someone in routine contact with the team also doesn’t think the attempted claim had any meaning as far as releasing Gonzo.

Could BBS be right? Well, of course he could. But I’d want to see a better argument – or actual evidence, such as a statement from inside the Colts – than what’s been given so far before I’d accept that he is. They carried Stokely for a while when he was injured, and they’re currently still carrying Sanders. That’s a precedent right there indicating they’re unlikely to release Gonzales at this time.

The claim on D. Thomas was an attempt to strengthen the WR corps but add to ST value, not take Gonzo’s spot. Look at his return stats from here: http://www.nfl.com/players/careerstats?id=THO112147

Averaging 28 yards on KO is plenty for me to believe that he was to be looked at more for KR duties than WR duties at this point. Plus this made me laugh:

With Garcon firmly entrenched as a starter at flanker

Ummm…no. Phil B. said after Week 1 that the Colts planned to alternate Garcon and Gonzo in series like they did with DeVan and Pollak at the beginning of last year. Thus, Garcon is no where near ‘firmly" entrenched. Peyton isn’t a big fan of WRs that stuffer from dropsies. I think Garcon offers a lot of upside and downfield playmaking abilities due to his speed. But do people honestly not remember what Gonzo has been able to do with YAC?

Peyton loves Gonzo because he catches the ball, runs good routes and is able to help this offense move the ball down the field. I’m no apologist for guys that get injured, but I don’t know why the term “injury-prone” is so often applied to Gonzo. His injury was mishandled last year, he should have been put on IR. Do we call David Caldwell or Jamie Silva “injury-prone” b/c they can’t play this year? Sometimes, those injuries happen people. Yes, Gonzo got injured in Week 1 this year, but he played in 13 games as a rookie and 16 games as a 2nd year player and he’s either coming back this week or for the next game.

To me Gonzo is not “Injury-prone” he’s just had 2 injuries in the past 2 years, and that’s frustrating for us and I’m sure even more so, for him!

BBS I’m sorry, it sounds like you haven’t been paying attention to the Colts for that long. They are patient with smart and good players.
I like it best when you stick to informative stories, you would make a better journalist than analyst. I could be wrong but I think that’s how this blog received it’s success—good and timely information. Maybe you like all the hits and comments…or your sponsors do.

Forget about O-Line, D-Line, Safety, and Corner – lets get more WR’s!

Cut Gonzo.

Ok, Johnny Drama…

FORMER REDSKIN.

If this guy was in camp with them this year, that’s why they wanted him.

If not, it’s still fairly obvious:

Collie, Garcon, and Gonzo are all less than 100% healthy. They need depth.

Signing James wasn’t a signal that they wanted to cut Brown or Addai any more than this was.

This is two consecutive shit-stirring posts where you’re obviously trying to make something from nothing.