Comments on: Reggie Wayne has been absent from Colts with “personal issue”

By: stairwayto7

stairwayto7 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:06:16 +0000

Let see, Ray Lewis ditches an interview for ” family issues and misses the game” and now Reggie Wayne “has personnel matters” and he’s a daddy? THE “U” IS GOING DOWN AND GOING DOWN HARD!

By: marshmellon

marshmellon — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:40:05 +0000

Maybe if it’s a boy he will be named “Shapiro”.

By: pitch87mph

pitch87mph — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:43:16 +0000

What’s with this view that everyone is owed an explanation for someone’s absence for a “personal issue”. Maybe Reggie asked them not to mention specifically what is was. Maybe there were potential complications. Maybe he’s a new dad with a woman not his wife/gf (I don’t know if he’s ever married). I mean who knows? And it’s none of anyone’s business if it has nothing to do with business (which this apparently clearly did not). The arrogance of the media that they have the right to know everything. It’s ridiculous!

By: dave1961

dave1961 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:11:02 +0000

Sorry Reggie, but the money for your contract is in Peyton Mannings back account…. You know how it is … the thirty five year old with a bum neck comes first…. maybe, just maybe they’ll throw you a few bird crumbs. Ask Marvin Harrison if they ever paid him, but be careful he might show you a gun…youll berobbed of ur skill too just like Harrison…. to the Colts receivers are a dime a dozen.

By: marima07

marima07 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:38:24 +0000

He’s just following Peyton’s lead. The Mannings allegedly became parents of alleged twins this offseason but Peyton never acknowledged it publicly.

I don’t think the media was itching for detailed information of the birthing process, but it wouldn’t have been giving up too much privacy to say “yes” or “no” when asked.

By: nothimagain

nothimagain — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:02:55 +0000

The biggest issue for the Colts is the fact that Jim Caldwell was and still is the head coach.

By: Topher

Topher — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:12:13 +0000

You answered the question you asked in the update yourself. The Colts do not share personal information, good or bad.

A birth is a medical situation and without the player’s (more precisely the mother’s) consent the Colts can’t share any information.

By: flyerscup2010

flyerscup2010 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:30:41 +0000

“I heard he’s a new dad.” Why wouldn’t the team just say that instead?

Because they were trying to bait you into jumping to conclusions. It worked.

By: flavordave

flavordave — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:29:49 +0000

Hopefully he doesnt owe Marvin Harrison money.

By: nolanorth

nolanorth — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:26:47 +0000

Maybe so his wife doesn’t find out!?!

By: gdeli

gdeli — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:11:06 +0000

The colts are on the decline anyways with a huge contract for peyton. What are they gonna do not pay him and he leaves? catch 22.

By: red513

red513 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:09:56 +0000

Before you start speculating, you might want to check your info, per Tom James (Indy Trib Star), Reggie was out because he’s a new Dad. Sheesh.

By: CKL

CKL — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:06:11 +0000

Maybe he’s helping Marvin “look for the real killer”?

On a serious note, I hate when guys make contract stuff public but Wayne, like all the great receiving options the Colts have ever had in the PM era, is never going to get his due in the media or from a lot of fans for just how good he’s been. I’ve watched him burn my team constantly over the years. He plays in a simple offense where talent and skill>scheme. He’s a stud.

By: richm2256

richm2256 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:02:34 +0000

“I heard he’s a new dad.” Why wouldn’t the team just say that instead?
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Would would you jump to the conclusion that it was about his contract?

By: mataug

mataug — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:59:52 +0000

“Why wouldn’t the team just say that instead?”

Because some people like to keep family matters private ?

By: moth25

moth25 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:57:58 +0000

Why wouldn’t the team just say that instead?

Maybe because it was PERSONAL?!?! What part of personal don’t you understand?

By: sundayisthebestday

sundayisthebestday — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:52:24 +0000

“Why wouldn’t the team just say that instead?” I don’t know. Lots of teams are vague with the media. It’s just what they do. Why did you automatically jump to conclusions that Wayne’s absence was related to his salary and try to stir up controversy where there was none? I guess it’s just what you do.

By: effjohntaylornorelation

effjohntaylornorelation — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:31:23 +0000

Maybe he was in Miami confessing to a priest about all that is wrong with the “U”

By: wryly1

wryly1 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:26:31 +0000

Nothing much Wayne can do without Manning or any qualified NFL starting QB. Inexcusable for Colts not to have been prepared for this. Who they think they’re gonna beat without Manning and Wayne?