Report: Colts sign 2010 fifth-round pick Brody Eldridge

by LovinBlue on Jul 26, 2010 9:42 PM EDT in Colts News

According to the National Football Post, the Colts have signed Brody Eldridge to a four-year, $1.95 million contract. I'm really looking forward to seeing what Eldridge can do this year!

Tip to oscarx21.

[UPDATE]: BBS here. For those of you asking about Eldridge's role with the team, he was primary drafted and signed to play as the #2 tight end, or "H-Back" in the Colts offense. This position is a hybrid tight end, fullback spot that the Colts have tried to maximize with little effect over the past 10 years. The last truly good H-Back the team had was Ken Dilger, who was cut from the club in 2001.

Since then, the Colts have used various players to fill the H-Back void. Guys like Darrell Reid, Dan Klecko, and Eric Foster have all shifted from playing DT on defense to playing H-Back on offense whenever their number was called.

At 6'5, 261 pounds, Eldridge has the body-type to play tight end. His in-line blocking skills are supposedly top notch, and the kid is most certainly tough. Because of injuries last season at Oklahoma, he had to play center. Yep, that's right. Our new in-line blocking H-Back played center in college. Trent Williams, the third overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft who was a teammate along the offensive line with Eldridge at Oklahoma in 2009, called Brody the best blocker on the Sooners last year.

We are likely to see a lot of Brody Eldridge in the line-up on short yardage situations in 2010. Count on it.

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I’m jazzed about this guy… just a hunch, of course, but he really showed potential at mini-camp.

Careful what you wish for... "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." Gerald Ford, 38th US president

by teej813 on Jul 26, 2010 5:14 PM EDT reply actions

Bill Polian wants to see

more two tight ends sets with Brody Eldridge and Dallas Clark in the lineup. I could see Mike Hart in the backfield too.

by Coltsdude1000 on Jul 26, 2010 5:26 PM EDT reply actions

I'm bored, procrastinating and have been watching too much secret agenty stuff recently (Inception and Bourne Identity)

this is the result.

He’s going to be converted into a Franchise LT.
Howard Mudd didn’t really retire. He’s been setting up a secret elite LT training program in some remote foreign land. Eldridge is already in route to the undisclosed location after being kidnapped on the street on the way out of his agents office. They’ll land sometime tonight and after Mudd shoots the pilot, Eldridge will begin a blindfolded forced march along a circuitous route to the site where he’ll train around the clock for the next week. When TC opens with CJ swinging to RT, Diem kicking in to RG, and Ugoh, DeVan, Pollak and McClendon battling it out for the LG spot because Brody Eldridge showed up to camp suddenly 6’6" 310lbs with inhuman strength and quickness.

Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.

"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." -Isaac Asimov

by shake n bake on Jul 26, 2010 5:46 PM EDT reply actions

Hmm

Wonder if Mathews has been signed yet since they already got deals locked up for Fisher and Conner.

Oh well, that only leaves 4: Thomas, McClendon, Angerer, and Hughes.

If KT;s injury really is season ending, I see the Colts taking their sweet time with his contract

by metal_militia on Jul 26, 2010 5:55 PM EDT reply actions

Hard to say

The Colts only today officially announced the signings of Fisher and Conner, LOL

How can you not love a team that does this?

by LovinBlue on Jul 26, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ve always secretly pondered if he could be saturdays replacement

by ColtfaninPitts on Jul 26, 2010 6:45 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I'm pretty much kidding about him playing OL

if anyone in the class is Saturday’s replacement it’s McClendon.

Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.

"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." -Isaac Asimov

by shake n bake on Jul 26, 2010 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Not so fast

He did start center at OU his senior year until Gresham was hurt before week one. Replacing Saturday could be possible, he just may want to add some weight to his frame.

by gmitch23 on Jul 26, 2010 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions

he was 6'5" 261 at the combine

he’d could add 40 pounds and he’d still be lankier than Saturday or Lilja (6’2" 295 and 6’3" 290).

I don’t see it, especially if you believe they are adjusting their OL profile to value size a bit more.

Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.

"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." -Isaac Asimov

by shake n bake on Jul 26, 2010 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Could he also...

be the long snapper?? Just a thought…

"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado

by TRDean on Jul 27, 2010 6:36 AM EDT up reply actions

long term? possibly

But i wouldn’t want Snow gone too soon. He’s a major player on special teams.

Careful what you wish for... "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." Gerald Ford, 38th US president

by teej813 on Jul 27, 2010 8:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks...

Just an FYI…your qoute is most often attributed to Thomas Jefferson…not Gerald Ford…

by TRDean on Jul 27, 2010 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes, it is...

incorrectly, i might add.

Careful what you wish for... "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." Gerald Ford, 38th US president

by teej813 on Jul 27, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions

Actually...

you might want to tell them at Monticello then…because that is where I heard it and bought the T-shirt that says it….

by TRDean on Jul 27, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Never mind...

the internet says it may not have been him…I should not have bought that damn shirt!!

by TRDean on Jul 27, 2010 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for researching it yourself, so i didn't have to prove it.

Don’t make me Google!

best post ever

Careful what you wish for... "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." Gerald Ford, 38th US president

by teej813 on Jul 27, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Excited

I cant wait to see how Eldridge contributes to the team. I litterly live down the Street from the OU Campus and Eldridge could be one of the best blockers to come out of college this year. He’s actually decent on pass catching but with Gresham on the team he got all the passes. I’m so excited.

by gmitch23 on Jul 26, 2010 7:13 PM EDT reply actions

I'll reserve judgement until I see him pull a

“Tom Lopienski just-off-the-practice-squad FB TD catch in the playoffs” catch.

Guys like Klecko, Vrabel… you know the ball was going to them. But Lopienski who had likeone carry all year to that point? Man, that was inspired, Peyton.

I think 6-5 might be a little tall for C, but not sure.

Shake, that IS awesome. Go, Howard, Go!

I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.

by Bobman on Jul 27, 2010 2:03 AM EDT reply actions

I agree that 6’5 is too tall for center. There’s concerns about pounceys(steelers) height here and his ability ti squat and maintain leverage. I still love this guy but I wonder if we’ll see more 2te sets and less collie.

by ColtfaninPitts on Jul 27, 2010 8:55 AM EDT via mobile reply actions