Man Leonard was a beast. Idk if injuries got the best of him but he was super fuckin good imo
It was absolutely his back injury. He’s not even the best LB on the colts anymore, much less a pro bowler. He was my favorite player as a colts fan for the past 5 years (obviously didn’t play much the last 2). It sucks but he was making 16 million a year and not even playing most of the time
Feels like yesterday Fred Warner and Shaq were the two best young linebackers in the league and it was very hard to argue Fred was better. Dude had a HOF trajectory
He was an utter beast, then he got paid, changed his name, immediately got hurt, and that was it.
Typical Colts career trajectory.
I thought this was how I found out Shaq (the real one) getting sacked my TNT or something lmfao
Maybe he shouldn’t have been a liability on the field. Love the guy, but business is business and he has been a net negative in every aspect for us this year.
The Maniac will return next season and be even more Maniacal than before. Defensive MVP next season confirmed.
I’ve seen about 100 different Reddit comments saying that the Colts save 6.1 million by cutting Leonard.
But I saw some cap people say they only save that 6.1 million if Leonard is claimed on waivers (which seems very unlikely to me). If he’s not claimed, Colts don’t save any money.
So which is it? Are the Colts saving 6.1 million flat out or only in the unlikely event he’s claimed? Anyone have reliable info on this?
I saw some cap people say they only save that 6.1 million if Leonard is claimed on waivers (which seems very unlikely to me). If he’
We will still have to pay him for the remainder of this season, but next season is where we actually start saving money, even with his dead cap amount. So, basically he got released a few months earlier than expected.
Now, if a team actually claimed him, the colts would save that 6.1M, since another team would be taking on the remaining contract, which no one is going to do. We literally made him the highest paid LB in 2021, and he is an absolute shell of himself. A contender might go after him after he clears waivers, but I really am not sure he sticks on a team. My best guess would be that the Cowboys grab him to try to fill in for Vander Esch. Our defense and theirs is very similar, so he could get some snaps right away.
He wasn’t claimed. Anyone saying the Colts save $6.1m doesn’t understand the cap.
It really is as simple as “people don’t know what they’re talking about so don’t listen to them”.
Shaq doesnt get thrown out the door, the door gets thrown out the door…by Shaq
In my mind , I was thinking Dave Chapelle threw Shaquille O Neal out of his house
He’s been complaining all year about not being on the field more. When he is on the field, he is mediocre to bad. He was collecting a gigantic salary that he isn’t worth anymore and couldn’t just be content with that.
It’s like telling your partner how unhappy you are with them for weeks/months and then they leave and you’re like “wtf?”
Big “I didn’t mean leave, I just meant change everything about your life to make me happy” energy
I wouldn’t be. You went to bed 5-5 and likely get to go to the 9-1 Eagles and at minimum play in the NFC Championship
Maybe this is why Peyton Manning associates himself with the Broncos and not the Colts. Colts love to throw out their leaders when they’re deemed no longer useful due to injury.
Love all of these people commenting on the situation when they haven’t watched him play a single snap this season. He was my favorite player when healthy but sadly is just a shell of his all pro self
What was the alternative. We were already making him inactive. We need to win games. Every game counts for Indy and him being out there was a negative.
His spine is made up of chalk and duct tape and he plays like it.
Shitty way to go out but I don’t think the Colts were in the wrong cutting him.
Ok, Darius
I would like to see anyone throw Shaq out a door.