The Colts, as well as the rest of the NFL teams, have been very quiet in roster moves since my last post. As training camp nears, many teams have started the rookie draftee signings. Our Colts FINALLY made the big one. Signing QB Luck on 7/19. No real surprise, but much later than I think any of us thought it would be, including Irsay who said/tweeted that it was close about 10 times over the past 2 months.
The Colts LB Larry Lumpkin on 7/12. Movement in the LB area guess means they are still looking for quality backup play. Lumpkin is a rookie free agine out of Connecticut. And although it's not listed on colts.com or espn.com, it looks like rookie LB Chris Galippo was waived since he's not listed on the colts.com roster any longer.
On the same day the Colts signed Luck, they also picked up some major beef by siging DT Jason Shirley. Shirley is entering his 3rd year and is listed at a big 6'5" and 329 lbs. That makes him the 2nd heaviest only to newcomer Brandon McKinney who is listed at 345 lbs. Only McKinney and three offensive lineman on the current roster are bigger than Shirley. Though he's been a bit of a journey man playing on several practice squads, he finally got a chance to play at the end of last season for the Carolina Panthers and seemed quite productive, appearing in only four games, but racked up 4 tackles, 2.5 sacks and a forced fumble, according to the colts.com and indystar.com sites.
To season ticket holders. I hear the tickets are being printed and are in the process of being mailed out. I was told we should have them sometime around the end of the month, so in the next week to week and a half. Also, I was told that season ticket holders will be offered any remaining unsold single game regular season tickets around the end of the month too.
Can't wait to see the new team in action. I'd like to say goodbye to all the season ticket holders in section 643 around row 13. Was always great cheering with you. Thanks to all those fans who only supported Manning, I will now be in section 640 in row 6 this year and can't wait for some loud and rowdy Colts fans to cheer with. Can you say firrrrrrrst down!
