'14 NJ OT Quenton Nelson (Notre Dame Signee)

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In the last 30 years only Jonathan Ogden and Leonard Davis were higher drafted offensive guards I believe. Great stuff!
 
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Indy fans are smiling right now!!! I'm so happy we got him. We need him desperately!!! Go Colts!!!!!
 
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Glad he went to Indiana's other team if he couldn't make it to Da Bears. I already had my #56 Q jersey ready to order. Instead I'll suffer through the selection of Chicago's next HOF MLB, Roquon Smith. Still feels like a sucky consolation at the moment. HH will just have to sign Q after his rookie contract is up. Take care of him until then.
 
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Great fit for Q. He will change that whole unit and has a QB worthy of him. Hope they find invest in another OL today to really revamp that unit. They keep playing the draft like this I might become a fan.
 
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Pros and Cons of every 1st Round Pick
Pros, cons for every 2018 NFL first-round pick: Mayfield goes No. 1 - NFL Nation- ESPN

No Cons for Big Q

Why they did it: Andrew Luck. The Colts have spent the first six years of Luck’s NFL career trying to put an offensive line around their franchise quarterback. Luck has missed 28 games over the past three seasons because of injuries; he has been sacked 156 times in his career. The Colts gave up an NFL-high 56 sacks last season. Now the foundation of the offensive line is starting to come together. Nelson will join an offensive line that features left tackle Anthony Castonzo and center Ryan Kelly.

Biggest question: None. Colts general manager Chris Ballard called Nelson the best offensive lineman in the draft. Nelson will be in position to start right away at guard. -- Mike Wells
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RDU Irish said:
Great fit for Q. He will change that whole unit and has a QB worthy of him. Hope they find invest in another OL today to really revamp that unit. They keep playing the draft like this I might become a fan.
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I'm not a Colts fan but they've been a soft team for as long as I can remember on both sides of the ball. Sure QB, skill position players, and for stretches the pass rush has been good, if you get bullied up front somebody is going to push you around at some point during the playoffs. That's been courtesy of the Patriots for most of the last decade.

Getting him at 6 and three second round picks in the next two years in the trade puts them in a great position to bolster that roster.
 
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GoldenToTheGrave said:
I'm not a Colts fan but they've been a soft team for as long as I can remember on both sides of the ball. Sure QB, skill position players, and for stretches the pass rush has been good, if you get bullied up front somebody is going to push you around at some point during the playoffs. That's been courtesy of the Patriots for most of the last decade.

Getting him at 6 and three second round picks in the next two years in the trade puts them in a great position to bolster that roster.
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I thought you were older? you don't remember:

Dwight Freeney
Robert Mathis
Anthony McFarland
Bob sanders

I've called their '06 team all kinds of colorful things but unfortunately soft isn't one of them.
 
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GoldenToTheGrave said:
I'm not a Colts fan but they've been a soft team for as long as I can remember on both sides of the ball. Sure QB, skill position players, and for stretches the pass rush has been good, if you get bullied up front somebody is going to push you around at some point during the playoffs. That's been courtesy of the Patriots for most of the last decade.

Getting him at 6 and three second round picks in the next two years in the trade puts them in a great position to bolster that roster.
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Not sure the Colts have always been soft. I think the fact that with Manning and Luck the focus has been the passing game and teams that pass more seem to get labeled as soft even when they aren't. When they won the SB with Manning, experts said the Ravens would bury them, but the Colts went to Baltimore and beat the Ravens at their own game 13-6. The last drive the Colts had, they marched down the field running the ball. Lewis and company knew what was coming and couldn't stop them.

Hard to argue with the success the Colts had with Polian as GM. Grigson was a bad decision. I really like Ballard so far.

Q is going to embarass those guys into stepping up their game.
 
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Gettin paid, gettin paid:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Quenton Nelson is due 4-year, $23.88M deal w/$15.45M SB. Indianapolis Colts sign 9 of 11 draft picks, including first-round selection Quenton Nelson <a href="https://t.co/Ll3kx0RIyj">https://t.co/Ll3kx0RIyj</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/FOX59?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fox59</a></p>— Mike Chappell (@mchappell51) <a href="https://twitter.com/mchappell51/status/994928592105730048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Gettin paid, gettin paid:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Quenton Nelson is due 4-year, $23.88M deal w/$15.45M SB. Indianapolis Colts sign 9 of 11 draft picks, including first-round selection Quenton Nelson <a href="https://t.co/Ll3kx0RIyj">https://t.co/Ll3kx0RIyj</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/FOX59?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fox59</a></p>— Mike Chappell (@mchappell51) <a href="https://twitter.com/mchappell51/status/994928592105730048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Stupid question - how does that work? He literally gets cut a check for $15 mil, then makes ~$2 million per year the next 4 years?
 
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koonja said:
Stupid question - how does that work? He literally gets cut a check for $15 mil, then makes ~$2 million per year the next 4 years?
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Yes. Signing bonuses benefit players. Teams pay the bonus in full when a player signs a contract with them, even though its impact on the salary cap is staggered over years. A player doesn't have to return the money if he's cut or retires before his contract expires.
 
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I wonder if he was able to establish residency in Florida before he got paid?

I'd have had my parents move to Del Boca Vista last year w/ the rest of the NJ retirees.
 
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Ndaccountant said:
Yes. Signing bonuses benefit players. Teams pay the bonus in full when a player signs a contract with them, even though its impact on the salary cap is staggered over years. A player doesn't have to return the money if he's cut or retires before his contract expires.
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I'm pretty sure if he were to retire or quit prior to the end of the term of the initial contract he would have to pay a prorated amount back to the club.
 
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