Report: Colts Can't Afford Orton, Tried To Trade For Him Earlier This Year UPDATE Chiefs Claim Orton

by Brad Wells on Nov 23, 2011 4:24 PM EST in 2011 Colts News

Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio has an update on the Colts potentially putting in a waiver claim for Kyle Orton, who was cut by the Bears yesterday:

According to the source, it’s highly unlikely that the Colts will make a claim for Orton now.

One of the primary reasons for reluctance is the Colts’ remaining cap space of $3.0 million. With Orton due to rechttp://www.sbnation.com/admin/entries/new?community_id=56&entry_type=Story#wysiwygeive $1.588 million in base pay over the balance of the season (contrary to the $2.5 million number that has been making the rounds), adding Orton would make it harder for the Colts to account for any other moves they may need to make.

Florio's source also tells him that the Colts tried to trade for Orton earlier this season.

So, for those of you keeping score, the Colts tried to trade for Orton, and failed. They instead settled on bringing Kerry Collins out of retirement and paying him $4 million dollars this year. They handed Collins the starting job, much to the chagrin of veterans like Reggie Wayne, and for the first three weeks of the regular season, Collins was ineffective. Then, against the Steelers in Week Three, Collins got a mystery concussion, paving the way for Curtis Painter to take the starting QB reigns. Collins was eventually put on I.R..

Now, that $4 mill owed to Collins is reportedly preventing Indy from claiming Orton.

Yep, our team's front office is just that awesome, folks.

[UPDATE]: The Kansas City Chiefs have claimed Orton. KC lost their starting quarterback Matt Cassell for the season last week. Interesting side story here. Orton was very much liked by former Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels. McDaniels was the guy current Chiefs president Scott Pioli wanted as his HC, but had to settle on Todd Haley. Haley and Pioli reportedly don't like each other. With Orton now a Chief, it sets the stage for Pioli to fire Haley after the season and reunite Orton with McDaniels as the new HC of the Chiefs.

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I'm glad they tried.

The Broncos probably wanted way too much. Looks like the FO knew that Painter sucks after all…

by NFLFan83 on Nov 23, 2011 3:56 PM EST reply actions

Did the Bears pick up Orton?

I thought he was cut by the Broncos?

by NFLFan83 on Nov 23, 2011 3:58 PM EST reply actions

I wonder how things would be if the Collins signing worked out and they were a respectable .500 or close to it. What tune would you be singing then?

Maybe Bill should have looked in to his crystal ball and predicted the future. Kind of like your saying Bill was “blowing smoke” with saying Evans would get more time.

That was on a Monday, Anderson was available on Tuesday. What do you expect him to do….keep Evans to satisfy your obvious distain for the front office. You do understand how time works right….like there are different days in the week and things change.

I get that you have some issues but seriously is makes your articles look childish, kinda of like a grown man living in his moms basement kind of childish.

You give the FO crap for things they would have no idea were going to happen…Collin getting concussed. Did you see that coming Brad?

Where’s Stew….give him some more time it’s fresh while your shit is getting old.

by Ralla32 on Nov 23, 2011 4:00 PM EST reply actions

Collins was better use of the money

Signing Collins raised at least a hope that this team could be competitive and maybe even make the playoffs this year. Picking up Orton at this point would at best help us to win a game or two. I suppose Orton might be useful next year either as a backup to Manning or a placeholder for a rookie, but there will be other guys like that available after the season.

by ex-Viking fan on Nov 23, 2011 4:26 PM EST reply actions

SIGNING

a veteran quarterback only made sense if Manning was only going to miss a few games. Once it was determined that he was out for the season it made no sense. The season was lost. Why sign a guy like Orton or Hasselback that might get you 4 or 5 wins. What’s the point in that? Play Painter and see if he has any value and get the high draft pick.

by javen on Nov 23, 2011 5:22 PM EST reply actions

Orrin did want to go to Chiefs

Was there anything preventing Colts from claiming Orton then trading him to Bears?

by MadStork on Nov 23, 2011 5:44 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Apparently, Colts didn't have enough cash

Thanks to Kerry Collins, and I don’t know, when it comes to money, it gets confusing. And technically, you can’t trade, the trade deadline is week 6, so there’s no way of Orton going to the Bears at all. Though I do think the trade deadline should be pushed back by 2 weeks or so.

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by KBUnitz on Nov 23, 2011 5:56 PM EST up reply actions

they gave Collins way too Much

just another stupid move by the GM,, too many mess ups the last few years time to clean house new coaching staff at least and if I owned the team a new GM

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Nov 23, 2011 6:45 PM EST up reply actions

Looked good on paper

I mean Collins have had a lot of experience and has had quite a lot of success, but it just didn’t work out. Maybe if the Colts had signed him at the start of preseason, they could’ve worked something out, but the signing was way too late.

Pat McAfee 2012 Pro Bowl bound!
Anthony Calvillo - 72,382 passing yards - pro football's all-time leader
Jon Stewart for President 2016
OCCUPY BILL POLIAN'S OFFICE

by KBUnitz on Nov 24, 2011 6:46 AM EST up reply actions

I need some advice:

I got a hangnail today and it hurts. How can I blame Bill Polian for this?

Guess who my favorite team is...

by Indcolt18 on Nov 23, 2011 6:26 PM EST via mobile reply actions

gingers are the cause for all pain and suffering in the world?

Whenever you get stressed, always remember: RDWHAHB

by danorocks17 on Nov 23, 2011 7:08 PM EST up reply actions

Especially that crazy ginger dressing...

Not to mention that lackluster Ginger, always putting the moves on Gilligan.

by buymymonkey on Nov 24, 2011 9:24 AM EST up reply actions

BBS

weren’t you the one who was screaming for the Colts to sign a FA QB so Curtis Painter didn’t have to start? You were about to go insane if they didn’t. You know what, I think that was YOU.

by Coltsfan1345 on Nov 24, 2011 12:09 AM EST reply actions

Simba, that is in the past!

by buymymonkey on Nov 24, 2011 9:23 AM EST up reply actions

It is really getting ridiculous -

I can’t imagine with all of the pushback comments and gaffaws that BBS gets that he doesn’t understand how stilted (anti-Polian/front office) his “reporting” has gotten. Is everything that happens ~~bad~~ not good to the Colts the fault of the F.O.

I gotta believe it’s on purpose just to get idiots (like me) to comment.

Clearly the Colts are and have been doing whatever they can to address the lack of Manning. Good QB’s aren’t just floating around, waiting to be picked up. Clearly the took a gamble here and there, and it didn’t pan out. To continually chalk up every move to complete incompetence is self-serving and abjectly incorrect.

I guess writing non-news articles like these are okay as long as some noodle-poo posts “har har! rock on, BBS!”

On the bright side, Detroit may get to beat the Packers, and sparing us of more “perfect season” discussions.

by buymymonkey on Nov 24, 2011 9:22 AM EST reply actions