The Colts have traded linebacker Antonio Morrison to the Packers, per Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com (Twitter link). Demovsky hears that Green Bay will send cornerback Lenzy Pipkins to Indianapolis in return, which has since been confirmed by multiple reporters.
Morrison, whom the Colts selected in the fourth round of the 2016 draft, started 15 games for the club last year. While he showed some promise, racking up 108 tackles in the middle of the Colts’ defense, he lacks the speed and athleticism that new defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus has been stressing. He was firmly on the roster bubble, so GM Chris Ballard decided to get something for him rather than potentially letting him go for nothing.
Indianapolis does need help at corner, and the team hopes that Pipkins will provide some depth in that regard. He started one game for Green Bay last year and appeared in 12, picking up 14 tackles and a pass defensed.
The Packers, meanwhile, needed help at linebacker, as rookie Oren Burks is expected to miss time with an injury (per Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network, via Twitter). Green Bay has already lost Jake Ryan for the season.
Colts also promised to stay quiet about the “deal” between the NFL – Packers – Aaron Rodgers whereby AR WAS NOT declared a Free Agent for having been placed on IR in 2017 a SECOND TIME for the same injury he was originally placed on IR for in 2017 before being activated.
In all honestly it’s not like it would have made any difference anyways. Rodgers would have just resigned immediately with Green Bay if he had been released.
Fools type fool comments.
Hasn’t then already been debunked? They didn’t place him back on the IR for the injury he sustained earlier in the year, they put him back for a reaggrevation.
this is the ray derek of football rumors
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