Colts Sign Former Chief DaJuan Morgan
by mgrex03 on Sep 15, 2010 11:28 AM EDT
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PrintTo replace the injured Bob Sanders, the Colts have signed former Kansas City Chief DaJuan Morgan. Morgan played FS for the Chiefs in 28 games over the past 2 seasons. He is a former 3rd round pick as well. Arrowhead Pride gives us good insight into why Morgan was released by the Chiefs last week:
The Kansas City Chiefs drafted safety DaJuan Morgan in the third round of the 2008 NFL draft. He was a little raw coming out but had the physical tools to turn into a good player.
Unfortunately for both sides, that never happened. Morgan never caught on with the Chiefs at safety and once Eric Berry was drafted last April, it assured that Morgan wouldn't have much of a future in Kansas City. So, the Chiefs released him during cut down week and he sat on the open market.
Until today.
Morgan obviously doesn't have to step into the starter's role, as the Colts have Melvin Bullitt, who has done an outstanding job in the past filling in for Sanders.
It still is unclear whether Sanders will be placed on IR, as the Colts haven't formally announced anything about it. That announcement should come at some point today. In the meantime, the Colts have waived OT Joe Reitz, signed just last week. My guess is that if Sanders is placed on IR, Reitz will be re-signed. However, your guess is as good as mine whether Sanders will actually be placed on IR.
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I expected Joe Reitz to be the fall guy since I expect Linkenbach to back up CJ & Diem. This also means that CJ is recovering better, which is good news.
Ouch
That hurts. Bernard Pollard is a sensitive subject around KC.
by Joel Thorman on Sep 15, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Good run defender but absolutely terrible at defending the pass is what Pollard is.
If someone asks you if you want extra mayonnaise you have to say yes, cus that's part of it.
-Jared Allen
I wouldn't say terrible...
He’s picked off Manning at least once. He may be slow, but he seems to have good ball skills.
(maybe it’s the Purdue homer in me)
But yeah, after seeing that acrobatic interception (which was, of course, out of bounds), I don’t think I could say that he’s ‘terrible’.
Er, anyway, DaJuan Morgan being an Indy equivalent of Bernard Pollard would be great news to me.
Pollard was burned more times than any other safety in the NFL. I’d say “terrible.”
If someone asks you if you want extra mayonnaise you have to say yes, cus that's part of it.
-Jared Allen
Sigh..
Not a good sign for Bob. I suspect this is getting very much to be the end of his career.
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing...
So DaJuan Morgan has been IR'd before...
Nope, not worried at all about injury problems with him. 
"I've never seen a supernova blow up, but if it's anything like my old Chevy Nova, it'll light up the night sky" -Philip J. Fry
by Marked Hoosier on Sep 15, 2010 12:08 PM EDT reply actions
Good luck with Dajuan
he never lived up to expectations in KC but was a liked player. Good luck to him!
Chiefs Will
Based on his tape.......
I hope he doesn’t dislocate his elbow patting himself on the back.
i thought we can’t cut reitz for three weeks since we claimed him of another teams practice squad, thought that was a rule, but i might be wrong
he was waived so a free agent ... no 3-week rule...
i feel bad for guys like that…. but you never know, Colts love to sign and unsign (AKA CUT) some guys throughout the season. i was hoping he may turn out to be a Jeff Saturday…..type of success story.
If you see my smilieys, think of E.M.H. - our COLTs King of Smileys!
by Manning4ever on Sep 16, 2010 3:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Offensive line bows to St. Sanders
This really irritates me.
Sanders should be IR’d, as painful as that might be for his fans.
He is not superman nor is there any reason to think he’s going to magically become superman.
The message from the Colts braintrust is that getting help for the offensive line takes a backseat to waiting 3 months for Sanders to come back and be productive.
Reitz might have contributed something to a situation that is in dire need of help.
But no, that might interfere with the wishful thinking of Polian regarding Sanders.
He drafted an injured Sanders, keeps him on the roster at the expense of other players possibly contributing, and repeats this failed strategy with other players as well.
Now we’ll never know if Reitz could have helped.
Sanders takes up a roster spot on a team that needs to field players that can actually perform.
Jewels can be found but you have to use open roster spots to give them a try.
This is a wasted roster spot for the next 3 months, possible the rest of the year.
The Colts don’t have the luxury of wasting opportunties to improve.
were you not watching in 2006?
He is not superman nor is there any reason to think he’s going to magically become superman.
crazy talk.
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
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