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Colts re-sign Matt Giordano, make bloggers assume they will not draft a safety

For the first time in, like, a gazillion years, I don't think the Colts need to draft a safety. Yesterday, the team re-signed safety Matt Giordano to a contract with terms not yet disclosed. Giordano made a significant leap from 2006 to 2007. He started 5 games in 2007 (including one or Bob Sanders) and the defense didn't miss a beat. In the opener against the Saints, he returned a Drew Brees INT 83 yards for a TD.

Giordano is also one of the few Colts who can actually play special teams well. Him, Darrell Reid, and another safety named Melvin Bullitt make up the corps of the special teams coverage unit. No, that's not ideal, but Giordano is one of the good coverage guys, and it's a good thing he was re-signed.

Giordano provides quality depth at safety (he can play both positions), and we all know his speed gives Indy an extra dimension on defense and special teams. With Giordano, Bob, Bethea, Bullitt, Brandon Condren, and Marlin Jackson (as an emergency safety) I see absolutely no reason for Indy to draft a safety later this month.

None.

Zero.

Nada.

If they do, it's because they're bored.

Safety is one of the deeper areas o the football team, and adding more guys means that other areas (DE, RB, WR, TE) are not getting the attention they require.

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Micheal David Smith shows Giordano some love
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/04/12/colts-sign-matt-giordano-nfls-fastest-man/

But, he left out my favorite part of the Matt Giordano is insanely fast case. Those so-so 40 times coming out of Cal were run with one arm held at his side because of a torn pectoral muscle.

http://www.colts.com/sub.cfm?page=article7&news_id=45c46d89-cde0-45c8-884c-5508e970e45f

my blog <http://shakennbaken.blogspot.com>

by shake n bake on Apr 12, 2008 2:55 PM EDT   0 recs

Hopefully the Colts
are using the 3-4million in cap room they don't need on draft picks, for extensions. Hayden, Saturday, Hagler, Dylan Gandy and Darrell Reid are all UFAs next year that I hope will be back. Ed Johnson will be an exclusive rights FA again, so he'll be back unless he resumes the poor decision making he showed at PSU. Hayden seems the least likely given the Colt's history of not paying corners and with a perfect cover two guy waiting in the wings, Dante Hughes.
my blog <http://shakennbaken.blogspot.com>

by shake n bake on Apr 12, 2008 4:58 PM EDT   0 recs

Giordano
I like him. He's a badass. :)
Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on Apr 12, 2008 6:36 PM EDT   0 recs

Fast
Giordano can flip off the light switch and be in bed before it's dark.

by ctnyc on Apr 13, 2008 12:50 AM EDT   0 recs

Flash
wants to be Matt Giordano someday.

by coltsfanawalt on Apr 13, 2008 3:09 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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