The Colts And Plaxico Burress Might Marry When Lockout Ends

On one hand – I see Plaxico as an old, unpolished WR who just spent 2 years in jail, and has been a headache on and off the football field. I look at our WR unit, and I see an elite # 1 (Wayne), and up-and-coming 24 year old (Garcon), an elite TE, and a potential star in Austin Collie.

On the other hand – I see a 6’4" WR who has big-play capability who’s route-running has been underrated. He’s won a SB, and seems like he might finally be getting his head in the right place. I also see a parallel situation (Mike Vick) paying huge dividends for the team that signed him. I look at our WR unit, and I see an aging, banged up #1 (Wayne), an inconsistent #2 (Garcon), and an injury prone #3 and 4 (Collie/Gonzo).

The reality is somewhere in between, sure enough, which makes this an intriguing situation. Do we NEED another playmaker? Of course not. But what team has ever had TOO MANY playmakers? If Burress gets Dungy’s word, and we can land him for an incentive-laden contract, I don’t really see the downfall in this signing.

The entire link between the Colts and Plaxico Burress is Tony Dungy?

The Colts usually carry four WRs on the roster, sometimes five. Right now I’d expect those to be Wayne, Garcon, Collie & Gonzo, with White or possibly Taj Smith on the bubble for the fifth spot. If everyone stays healthy through training camp, I don’t see Burress beating out any of the top four. At his best he was probably better than Garcon and Gonzo, but he’s been off for two years, and the gap between him and the other two at their best wasn’t that huge. And for the fifth spot they’d probably prefer White or Smith for their special teams contributions. Can’t really see the Colts keeping a fifth WR who doesn’t play special teams.

White is big, slow, and not always on the same page with Peyton, but he is a lot younger, and from what I gather, an extremely hard worker who could make a leap in his 2nd year. Plax is big, slow, old, and rusty. He is proven, however. Bill Polian would never do this. But, Bill Polian would never take Tackles in the first two rounds of the draft either. Who knows.

“Fade to Plaxico” sounds a lot better than “Fade to Aaron Moorhead.”

His size would be a plus. If he comes on the cheap, I am all for it. As long as #18 is throwing the ball, you can never have enough good WRs. Run game or no run game, his size would help us overcome those inside the 5-yard line struggles that we were susceptible to in the past.

All the talk about Burress going to the Colts seems predicated on the notion that no one else would take him, so we could get him cheap. I suppose if he’s willing to take a minimum salary and has no other options, then it might be worth the Colts giving him a chance in training camp. But realistically, we’re looking at him as insurance for our third and fourth slots. There’s plenty of teams where he could be a major improvement over the current second WR, or even the #1 guy. I’d think one of them would be willing to pay a bit to get him, and he’d prefer to go there for the same money because he’d have a better chance of making the team and actually playing.

And we all know how that ended……

One thing I know about the Polians is that they’d never give up a draft pick for a fill in like Plaxico. That’s the nice part about Plaxico, the Colts wouldn’t have to give up any picks. Under Dungy, the Colts wouldn’t stand for misbehaving from any of their players. Caldwell seems a little more lax on that regards, willing to take in players with a little bit of a past. Even with Manning’s mega deal. I don’t really see that hurting the Colts cap room. The Colts were about $35 million less than the Saints for the cost of their roster and about $15 million less than the Patriots. Manning will get paid more than Brees and Brady, but not so much that it makes up that much of a difference, easily allowing them more room to afford Burress over the Saints or Patriots. I don’t see the Pats picking him up, because I think Belichick likes to see how that player did the last few seasons against his own team. That’s why they picked up guys like Welker.

The Colts probably look at it like Hank Baskett. If they can get him cheaply and add a little insurance to the wide receivers if one of them gets injured they just might add him. But I don’t think they’d be willing to sign him to any long term deal. It’d be a short term deal where they could easily dump him if it didn’t pan out. And that’s exactly what they did with Hank Basket. They dumped him when he didn’t pan out.

Cuz this is what MUST be so for him to come here

convincing them that Plaxico is no longer an idiot

where does he fit? im not sure he could beat out garcon

that said

if it got blair white off the team. i am all for it

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