Dwayne Allen

Patriots Acquire Tight End Dwayne Allen From Colts

... eve of free agency. Allen acknowledged the trade on Twitter, where he thanked Colts fans for their support and wrote he was "humbled and eager to earn the right to be called a New England Patriot" on Twitter. __link__ reported the Colts will send Allen and a sixth-round draft choice in exchange for the Patriots' fourth-round pick. The move comes one day after Indy kept backup tight end Jack Doyle off the free-agent market with a three-year deal worth about $6.3 million per year. Allen signed a four-year deal worth $29.4 million last year. A second-round pick in 2012, Allen is considered a solid blocking tight end, who’s also a threat in the red zone. Last season, in 14 games, he caught 35 passes for 406 yards and six touchdowns. Injuries have been a concern. He missed all but one game in 2013 with a hip injury and has failed to play 16 games in a regular season since his 2012 rookie campaign. Taylor back to Bills. ORCHARD PARK, N. Y. — Tyrod Taylor will remain the Buffalo Bills starter after the team announced it has restructured the player's five-year contract extension. The team revealed the news in a press release ...

Other Colts Whose Contracts Will Draw Scrutiny

... weeks. That will force the Colts to make some decisions. Post to Facebook. Other Colts whose contracts will draw scrutiny Several veteran players are owed big money in the coming weeks. That will force the Colts to make some decisions. Check out this story on Indy __link__: __link__ k TBAu I. Cancel Send. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Conversation. Other Colts whose contracts will draw scrutiny. Stephen Holder , __link__ Published 4:11 p.m. ET Feb. 9, 2017 | Updated 6:25 p.m. ET Feb. 9, 2017. Some Indianapolis Colts players due significant salaries and bonuses might not be around for too much longer. Wochit. Indianapolis Colts defensive end Arthur Jones (97) sits dejected on the bench in the second half of their game Sunday, October 30, 2016, afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Colts lost to the Chiefs 30-14. ...

Could The Colts Release Dwayne Allen And Pursue Martellus Bennett

... have an eye-popping season after signing a four-year, $29 million contract last offseason. He finished with 35 receptions for 406 yards and six touchdowns while playing in 14 games. What doesn’t show up on the stat sheet is Allen’s blocking ability. You can also argue that Doyle had a better season than Allen. But cutting Allen would be a significant shocker, and there hasn't been any indication of that happening. As far as who is the best tight end on the Colts' roster, you can say Doyle and Allen are closer to being No. 1 and No. 1 a than Allen and Fleener were while they were teammates in their first four seasons. That's because Doyle and Allen can both catch and block. Fleener is a pass-catching tight end. Doyle proved last season that he's more than a blue-collar, blocking tight end. He had 59 receptions for 584 yards and five touchdowns. I asked Doyle about his pass-catching skills last season, and he reminded me that he showed off that part of his game while at ...

Barnwell Grades The Big Free-agent Deals

... in style, but they didn't do much more in the NFL. Santana Moss was a relative nonfactor after 31. Troy Brown moved into a backup role. Roddy White never bounced back to his previous level of play. Maybe Marshall will be the exception to the rule. Joey Galloway was able to turn the jets back on. But given how the Giants desperately need to upgrade their running game and offensive line while attempting to keep together their defensive line, Marshall might be a luxury purchase. The Giants aren't as close to a Super Bowl as they seem; they were 11-5 last year, but with an 8.8-win Pythagorean expectation, which suggests they grossly outperformed their actual level of play. They were 8-3 in one-score games, narrowly beating the likes of the Rams, Eagles, Bengals and Bears to push their way into the playoffs, and while their defense was excellent after making several free-agent additions, they were among the healthiest units in the league. It's ...

Breaking Down The Patriots' Trade To Get Dwayne Allen

... ground game, too. With the luxury of choice, Tony Romo's free agency should be a two-team race. Allen figures to slot in for Bennett, now that the latter is mere hours from officially becoming a free agent. Allen does not have the track record as a pass catcher that Bennett brought to the table, but he did catch eight TDs in 2014 and six last season, and like Bennett, he can be relied on as a blocker. Barring a restructured contract, the Patriots will be on the hook for Allen’s 2017 salary ($2.5 million) and a roster bonus ($2 million), both of which kick in next week. Allen has two years and $11.4 million in salary remaining beyond ’17, plus two additional $500,000 roster bonuses (source: __link__ ). The Colts will take a $3 million dead-money hit by dealing Allen. They may have done so anyway, even if they had not found a trade partner. Tuesday, they agreed to a three-year contract with impending free-agent tight end Jack Doyle. That development made Allen expendable, in theory. Rather than retain Allen as their No. 2 tight end, they acquired a little value for him from the Patriots, who now will thrust him into that role. ...

Fantasy Football 2017 Nfl Free Agency Tracker

... the rest of Manning’s weapons after Odell Beckham. Now, the Giants have one of the league’s best duos and arguably the best trio in the league. They use three receivers sets the majority of the time, and Manning will bounce back. Given the depth of talent for quarterbacks now, it might be hard for him to reach QB 7, but Manning is back in the conversation as a fringe QB 1 and mid-round pick. As for Shepard, he obviously takes a hit, as he did catch eight touchdowns last year but with just 683 yards. Shepard will see plenty of slot work in 2017, and he will be terrific in that role. However, it simply comes down to math. Even if Manning returns to a 4,400-yard/30-touchdown season, Beckham and Marshall will get theirs, especially in the red zone, which leaves Shepard as the third option. Even if Manning bounces back, he’s not Drew Brees, so someone has to draw the short ...

Blount Not Expected Back With Patriots

... Dion Lewis and James White on the roster, while Brandon Bolden is also a free agent. D. J. Foster is entering his second pro season after signing with the Pats as an undrafted free agent last year. According to a source with knowledge of conversations between Malcolm Butler and the Patriots, the team offered much the same money after the season as it did during the year. Au revoir to the most interesting tight end in the world, Martellus Bennett. Hi, Dwayne Allen. The Patriots made a quick, proactive strike at tight end on Wednesday, shoring up the tight end position in the expectation that Bennett – who had a nice 2016 with the Patriots after coming aboard in a trade with the Bears – is going to seeker greener green in free agency. Dwayne Allen, a free agent last year who’ll be on the books for $4.937 M in 2017, was acquired in exchange for ...

Chris Ballard Getting Rebuilding Process Underway With Colts

... to where I set unrealistic goals. Look, every year is precious. Every year is precious. Every year is an opportunity to win. To me, there is no such thing as rebuilding. Everybody is trying to win and that’s the approach we’ll take.”. While it’s true that in today’s win-now NFL the term rebuilding is a fuzzy term, that’s what the Colts are doing. Regardless of what Ballard wants to call it, the Colts are rebuilding, and they’re doing so in a pretty big way. Ballard inherited a roster that isn’t overly talented. They have the most important piece in place in the quarterback, but that success is offset by a defense that is devoid of talent across the board. That lack of talent was what contributed to Jim Irsay’s decision to fire Ryan Grigson this offseason, and Chris Ballard was hired to rebuild the Colts. So far, he’s shown that he plans on doing just that. His first move with the team was to cut D’Qwell Jackson, a team leader who had started at inside linebacker for the last three years. He informed Mike Adams that the team leader and starting safety wouldn’t be re-signed. He reached a deal with tight end Jack Doyle to return on a very ...

Jaguars Have De Calais Campbell On Hook

... Romo on the roster but he knows that is not best for his franchise. And he is obviously seems to be coming around to the idea Kellen Moore doesn't cut it as the backup, either. Marshall staying in New York. Six-time Pro Bowl receiver Brandon Marshall says he has a deal with the New York Giants. The two sides met Wednesday morning and were "headed in the direction" of a two-year, $12 million deal, but it is not done yet, a person with knowledge of the talks told Tom Pelissero of USA TODAY Sports. The person requested anonymity because of the nature of the talks. — Brandon Marshall (@BMarshall) March 8, 2017. Quick take: This is another signal that the Giants are in win-now mode. Quarterback Eli Manning is 36, and his window likely won’t be open much longer. Marshall is 32 and desperate to win — in his 11 NFL seasons, he's never reached the playoffs. The Giants also needed to get better in the red zone. Manning tied for 15 th among starting quarterbacks in 2016 with only 10 passing touchdowns inside the 20. Teamed with Odell Beckham’s raw athleticism, Marshall should be one of Manning’s first looks near the goal line at 6- and 230 ...

Colts Re-sign Tight End Jack Doyle

... handed Dwayne Allen a $30 million contract extension in the hopes that he could develop into a key target for Andrew Luck. Instead, their $1.6 million restricted free agent, Jack Doyle, filled that role. The Colts will reward Doyle for his breakthrough season. Per the Indianapolis Star’s Stephen Holder , Indianapolis re-signed Doyle to a three-year deal on Tuesday, preventing one of the 2017 free agent class’s better tight ends from officially reaching the market later this week. NFL free agency tracker: Complete list of signings by team. It’s an important move for the Colts, both because Allen has yet to take the leap his team expected and because Luck badly needs players he can trust behind No. 1 WR T. Y. Hilton. Doyle caught 59 passes for 584 yards and five TDs last season, and Luck did not hesitate to turn to him in the clutch—Doyle scored twice in the fourth quarter vs. Detroit, then ...

Colts Negocian A Dwayne Allen Con Pats

... en 2016. Allen fue parte de la clase 2012 del draft en el que también llegaron al equipo Andrew Luck , T. Y. Hilton y Coby Fleener. El ex gerente general, Ryan Grigson, eligió volver a firmar a Allen sobre Fleener, en 2016, porque sintió que Allen era el ala cerrada más completo. Sin embargo, Allen nunca alcanzó su potencial en Indianapolis debido a sus lesiones constantes. Se ha perdido 23 juegos en las cuatro temporadas pasadas. El martes, los Colts firmaron al ala cerrada Jack Doyle. Una fuente le dijo a Adam Caplan, de ESPN, que el acuerdo es por tres años y $19 millones, con $9.5 millones garantizados. El acuerdo puede alcanzar los $21 millones, con incentivos. Doyle, de 26 años, tuvo una suave transición de ser el tercero en el esquema de los Colts a convertirse en un versátil jugador, quien, fue, con argumentos, su mejor ala cerrada la temporada pasada. El calendario anterior tuvo altas marcas en su carrera en recepciones (59), yardas (584) y touchdowns (5). Bennett fue adquirido por los Patriots en un cambio con los Bears, en marzo pasado. Las partes discutieron sobre ...

Patriots' Acquisition Of Dwayne Allen Likely Means Martellus Bennett Departs

... 275 pounds) is a superior player now with more miles on his odometer, but Allen (6-3, 265) is still an ascending player. Assuming he stays healthy - no certainty, considering he has missed 23 games over the last four seasons - Allen has the upside to potentially reach Bennett's level. Patriots coach Bill Belichick has long been a fan of Allen, saying before a 2014 game against the Colts that he's one of the best blocking tight ends the Patriots will see. Allen's 45 receptions his rookie season in 2012 show that he also can catch the football. While Belichick has been a fan, so, too, has this reporter. Allen was targeted as one of the players the Patriots should pursue last offseason. In a piece headlined, " Patriots' greatest free-agent impact starts with Matt Forte , Dwayne Allen ," the case was made why Allen would be a perfect complement to ...