Colts release Darius Leonard
 

WTF is going on?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Colts are releasing Darius Shaquille Leonard <a href="https://t.co/UiANDp2ppS">pic.twitter.com/UiANDp2ppS</a></p>&mdash; PFF (@PFF) <a href="https://twitter.com/PFF/status/1727037087302705485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Indy, I thank you 💜 <a href="https://t.co/VxMa1VU2IA">pic.twitter.com/VxMa1VU2IA</a></p>&mdash; Darius Shaquille Leonard (@dsleon45) <a href="https://twitter.com/dsleon45/status/1727033815422603304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Can he catch a pass?

Odd.

Well... with the injuries to our LB corps and our offense needing our D to bail them out of games.

Bring that ****er in. Gonna need him whether he can catch a pass or not.

69 POSTS AND VEECH SIGNS HIM LETS GOOOOOOOOO

I think hes a head case

His beard in not exceptional, foundation is fine

Looks like he really hasn't been good since his back surgery following the 2021 season. Cap move.

Hell, can he track a ball??

If he would sign for around the minimum for the rest of the year, then I wouldn't hate him as a free agent signing.

can he run routes?

Remember when Mahomes was going to lose his first ever playoff game because DARIUS LEONARD SUCH A BEEEEEEAAASSSST?

He hasn’t been worth a shit since he changed his name.

What's his contract

I can't imagine anyone claiming him and his contract on waivers. It would be a free agent deal.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If a team were to claim Shaq Leonard off of waivers, it would owe him $6.11M for the remainder of this season. <br><br>He&#39;s under contract through 2026, due as follows:<br>2024: ~$16.1M<br>2025: ~$19M<br>2026: ~$19.6M</p>&mdash; Field Yates (@FieldYates) <a href="https://twitter.com/FieldYates/status/1727036215994863699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I just watched that game a couple days ago. I forgot how bad we killed em.
I actually watched all of those old playoff games and Mahomes was freaking slinging back in 2018.

He’s been a shell of the player he used to be this season. I thought he was just working his way back from the injury, which was the dreaded nerve injury.

He hasn’t even been a 3 down linebacker lately. Which he wasn’t happy about. I’m guessing that has something to do with this.

I kind of figured he’d be released after the season but it’s surprising it happened now.

He was great. He got hurt. Now he’s washed. Happens all the time in the NFL. He wouldn’t be worth the paper a new contract was printed on. Although Antonio Pearce has been a decent coach so if this is the beginning of the end of the Reid Era, perhaps Leonard is the guy for the job!!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Colts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Colts</a> All-Pro LB Darius Leonard is now an unrestricted free agent, and the team that signs him will likely get him for the minimum (about $420,000) for the rest of the season. <a href="https://t.co/9yCNLK73tX">https://t.co/9yCNLK73tX</a> <a href="https://t.co/tyoZwJVvqd">pic.twitter.com/tyoZwJVvqd</a></p>&mdash; Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1727439317600211042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I've had a change of heart. The Chiefs need a brokedick on the roster to win a Super Bowl. Suggs-Clark-Leonard?

I went back and rewatched the last 2 colts games focusing specifically on Leonard and the guy was a liability. I didn’t realize just how bad he’s been this season.

He’s a 4 time all pro and he has the heart of a lion but his body is just shot.

was watching Pat McAfee on this and he basically says it's the new defensive coordinators fault. The type of defense he starred in was better built to feature a guy like Leonard. I dont really know, I haven't watched a single colts game.

The Colts have $19,970,000 of Dead money added for this season with the Shaquille Leonard release.

So naturally our resident board morans think it would be a good idea to bring him in.