I rarely address a subject that one of the other PFT writers has handled. But sometimes I just can’t keep quiet.
MDS pointed out earlier today the item from Peter King’s Monday Morning Quarterback regarding former Colts Vice Chairman Bill Polian’s belief that the proposed extension in 2012 of the trade deadline from Week Six to Week Eight would have helped the Colts improve on their final record of 2-14, given that Polian would have shipped a third-round pick to the Broncos for deposed starter Kyle Orton.
Apart from the simple fact (as MDS noted) that Polian could have had Orton for nothing by simply making a waiver claim for Orton after he was cut in November, the idea that the Colts would have given up such a high pick in the hopes of getting a few more wins -- and in turn not having the ability to land their next franchise quarterback -- by picking up a guy whose contract was set to expire makes no sense.
At all.
Polian has been surprisingly good and informative during his time on the air with ESPN. He comes off as far more likeable than the experiences of plenty of agents and reporters would otherwise suggest, and personally he has become one of the few voices on the network to which I will stop whatever I’m doing and listen. But I don’t want to hear that Polian would have given up a third-round pick for Kyle Orton in the hopes of salvaging a lost season that has helped secure the team’s future.
If Polian is telling the truth, it makes owner Jim Irsay’s decision to move on much more understandable.