Colts Claim Seth Olsen Off Waivers, Waive Jamey Richard

by Brad Wells on Sep 13, 2011 7:54 AM EDT in 2011 Colts News

The Colts finally parted ways with 2008 seventh round pick Jamey Richard yesterday, waving the U. of Buffalo product and claiming Seth Olsen off waivers from the Minnesota Vikings.

Olsen, a 306 pound guard, was drafted in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos. That 2009 draft is now infamous for Denver and its fans. Josh McDaniels was running the team that year, and he drafted Robert Ayers over Clay Matthews and traded up to get Alphonso Smith. Today, most of that 2009 draft class no longer play in Denver. Olsen was cut last year prior to the start of the 2010 season. He was picked up by Minnesota and signed to their practice squad. This year, he was promoted to their active roster, but eventually was waived.

Olsen is versatile, playing both tackle and guard positions. He hails from Iowa, which is essentially the Colts developmental college. Dallas Clark, Pat Angerer, and head coach Jim Caldwell are all former Hawkeyes, as were former Colts Mitch King and Bob Sanders. Olsen is known more for his run blocking than pass blocking.

As I wrote on cutdown day, it made no sense for the Colts to cut the always reliable Kyle DeVan while keeping the consistently terrible Jamey Richard, who ended up getting cut anyway. Now, DeVan is a starter with Philadelphia Eagles, and looked good against the Rams. Maybe the Olsen signing can help provide better depth overall. Still, with DeVan, the team had solid depth. I still do not know why he was cut in favor of Richard and 2008 draft bust Mike Pollak.

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Another odd move by the untouchable Colts FO. Not odd because of the man cut, odd because of the timing.

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by coldy4goldy on Sep 13, 2011 8:26 AM EDT reply actions

I’ve kinda given up trying to understand why management does what it does from poor drafts (excluding this year) to cutting guys that should be on the team and not cutting guys that aren’t hacking it.

This season is a lost cause so I’m not going to second guess. When Manning comes back next year, please surround him with better talent than what we currently have.

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by Bronn on May 17, 2011 4:56 PM EDT

by Sparhawk on Sep 13, 2011 9:01 AM EDT reply actions

..we've been saying that every year and nothing changes.

by Ayrshire on Sep 13, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

none of us wanted DeVan cut

and who is a worse coach Sparano or Caldwell, Sparano stupid 4th down calls and who doesn’t have at elast 1 safety back to prevent a 99 yard TD and the only way to beat Brady like the Lions showed in pre- season is to hit him- blitz, etc,,, and someone of NFL radio was saying how Polian had supposedly said that since the Colts have been drafting so long at the end of the first round to expect a drop off in performance at some time— THAT IS A PISS-POOR excuse – no reason to have whiffed on so many recent picks!!!!

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 13, 2011 9:25 AM EDT reply actions

i agree with the comment about expecting a drop off in drafts

one could argue that the patriots have gotten worse drafting positions than us over the past 10 years, and look at their team. Loads of talent at every position… QB’s, RB’s, TE, O-line, D-line… tons of talent and depth… Even though their secondary is still young, they will be stellar in a year or so. Drafting/developing players is very important, also knowing when to unload trash, and unload players on the decline for additional draft picks is a very important skill.

Where the Colts have issues to me is we have alot of solid, but aging talent in some areas (TE, DE, and FS) but no depth if issues arise, or just a lack of functional players (Offensive Guard, DT – [including Nevis here as he hasn’t developed… yet])

by coltsfanbeforemanning on Sep 13, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions

they needed to give C. Johnson the money

and keep DeVan- rediculous we have 4 guys on OLINE playing a new position!!!!

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 13, 2011 9:26 AM EDT reply actions

Surely the Colts

Run blocking is 0.5-0.7 yards better, than last year at this point. Castonzo is better, than CJ. Link better, than Diem. Diem better, than Pollak, Saturday is the same. Reich did well. They have to gel a bit more.

by Ty46 on Sep 13, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions

Reitz did well?

What game were you watching?

I believe he was called for 2 penalties and completely whiffed on a block that resulted in a sack/fumble.

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by kmbryant09 on Sep 13, 2011 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

His first career start, nerves, lack of experience

He got into his rhythm as the game went on.

The fact that he had two penalties doesn’t mean he committed them.

by Ty46 on Sep 13, 2011 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions

No

CJ was a solid guy but he got overpaid in Minnesota.

by FatDT on Sep 13, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Posted Many Times Before

No one has a crystal ball when it comes to drafting. Every team makes mistakes, some more than others. The crime if you will is not realizing who can play and who can’t. There are too many examples of the Colts hanging on to players who cannot play ! It has happened over and over and over again. Some say it takes time to develope an O-Lineman and they get better with experience. I played tackle and guard for 7 yrs. and I say you can either block or you can’t. You might gain a little finess in time but the basic skill set has to be there first. Look to the games last night and you can see what O-Lines can do.

by MrBoJangles46 on Sep 13, 2011 9:35 AM EDT reply actions

agreed

have to man up and admit when u fu—ed up and move on every time I have done that with a wrong stock pick I paid the price so now with more experience have my stop in and if I am wrong do not get hurt that bad

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 13, 2011 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions

I wish I had done that with Cat- I know better but didn't

by MrBoJangles46 on Sep 13, 2011 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions

agreed

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 13, 2011 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions

^ Someone is still asleep this morning. lol.

by dnpayne on Sep 13, 2011 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions

oh i disagree mrbojangles....

it’s just little things the coaching staff can clean up in practice. unfortunately, they have been saying the same thing about the defense and special teams for a decade.

by BLOODontheTRACKS on Sep 13, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I really wish people would shut up and stop attacking Polian for his draft record. Sure, the last few years haven’t been the greatest, but if you look at the big picture, the dude knows what he is doing. I also wish people would stop attacking his character because of his treatment of the media and the fans. Ya, he’s a dick, so what? The guy has been around football most of his life. He’s put together some very good teams during his career. So the fact that he gets short with fans or blows off the media doesn’t surprise me and is totally justified. Most of the people here have no idea what they’re talking about. Most of the people in the media have no idea what they’re talking about. So why should he care what any of us think? I wouldn’t care if I was in his position.

by KingRichard on Sep 13, 2011 9:58 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs

King- he doesn't care but guess what , I don't either except when it hurts the Colts

His moves in the last 4 years have been pretty bad and if you can’t see it you know nothing about the game !

by MrBoJangles46 on Sep 13, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions

I just admitted in my post that his recent drafts haven’t been that great. Did you even read what I said?

by KingRichard on Sep 13, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions

al davis was once considered great....

so should raider fans give him a pass. sorry, but bill gets paid big money to make the right decisions and he hasn’t for several years now….

by BLOODontheTRACKS on Sep 13, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions

He was good, now he's not. This is not a hard concept.

by FatDT on Sep 13, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Support your claim.

by KingRichard on Sep 13, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Look at the list of drafted players starting in 2007

There’s your proof. Spin it how you want but there are 4 total difference-makers still on the team from those drafts. A punter, an often-injured CB, an often-injured WR, and an inconsistent deep threat WR.

by FatDT on Sep 13, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions

and they paid guys too much like Hayden

or we will still have him and he is not remendous but we can use him

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 13, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Hayden, Brackett, Diem, the list goes on

Hayden’s contract was the absolute worst though.

by FatDT on Sep 13, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions

On a side note... I have two more reasons why I hate the Patriots

1.) 517 yards.
2.) Fantasy Football – I was playing a guy who had the Pats D and I ended up losing by 1 point because of the last drive of the Dolphins. Sack and an INT in garbage time with 1:00 to go.

I feel sick.

by dnpayne on Sep 13, 2011 9:59 AM EDT reply actions

We are overhauling our lineman

That is obvious. Our 1st 3 draft picks were lineman. We’re separating the wheat and the chaffe. If it means we will have growing pains, then so be it. I don’t think letting go of sup bar lineman is necessarily bad…however, our biggest mistake may have been letting go of our O-line coordinator and our offensive cooridinator. Those guys were picked up by very good teams who know a thing or 2 about winning. That’s where we goofed.

by GrizzColt on Sep 13, 2011 10:05 AM EDT reply actions

whoops, subpar

by GrizzColt on Sep 13, 2011 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions

Why did they keep

Richard – only to cut him now,, they knew he sucked

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 13, 2011 10:24 AM EDT reply actions

Brian Waters

You guys know that Brian Waters signed with New England, right? With all the russian roulette at OG, why did we not make a play for him? The last time we signed someone from the Chiefs (Lilja), thinks worked out fine for us at guard.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/6929918/new-england-patriots-sign-guard-brian-waters

I think we could have afforded that deal and had ourselves a good guard, he almost played every snap at RG for the Pats yesterday.

by chad72 on Sep 13, 2011 10:24 AM EDT reply actions

Because

the Colts front office (under Bill Polian control once again) doesn’t make good OL decisions. Except in the 2011 draft, which was a Chris Polian thing.

by FatDT on Sep 13, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions

No money after Collins signing

by Ty46 on Sep 13, 2011 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions

too many good ones have gotten away

Lylja, Jake Scott, etc

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 13, 2011 10:25 AM EDT reply actions

need a win this Sunday

so everyone will be in a better mood, I expect a bounce back performance Collins had a 2.5 rating on the new ESPN QB rating scale the lowest of any QB, can’t get any worse

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 13, 2011 11:20 AM EDT reply actions

Saw an interesting point of view on another blog this am

Guy said he thought too many teams overate their players. He suggested they get outside opinions on players as to how good they are. He was talking about Curtis Painter and Bill Polian in particular. He stated he thought it was why Polian has’t looked for a better backup. Interesting perspective I thought.

by MrBoJangles46 on Sep 13, 2011 11:26 AM EDT reply actions

that is interesting

good idea

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 13, 2011 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions

listening to a lot of ex players on espn radio

the opinion of the colts overall talent is pretty low.

by BLOODontheTRACKS on Sep 13, 2011 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions

34-0 at halftime.

I wouldn’t call it ‘pretty high’.

by Ayrshire on Sep 13, 2011 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Good idea, but it won't happen

Polian is too smart to listen to pundits and prognosticators tell him he is wrong.

by FatDT on Sep 13, 2011 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions

but shouldn't have to hire someone to tell him CP is horrible

99.9% of Stampede bloggers can tell him that, if only he would listen- as we are the true fans!!!! LOL

by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 13, 2011 11:28 AM EDT reply actions

Very True

by MrBoJangles46 on Sep 13, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions

painter sucked in college....

by BLOODontheTRACKS on Sep 13, 2011 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions

So did Caldwell, as far as coaching goes,

yet he got hired. (shakes head in disbelief)

by Ayrshire on Sep 13, 2011 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

word on the street...

colts hire danny hope to replace caldwell next year.

by BLOODontheTRACKS on Sep 13, 2011 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Being from Iowa, Im thinking the Seth Olsen pickup is good

Smart, big white guy that Iowa stole from Nebraska. However, I think that losing Howard Mudd has a lot to do with this as well. For whatever reason, he coaching seemed to be able to plug n play linemen, generate few sacks and generate 1000 yard rushers. Or maybe Peyton masked for him as well??

I think losing Moore and Mudd and putting Chris Polian into power has a lot to do with this mess

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by GotDebt on Sep 13, 2011 3:12 PM EDT reply actions